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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason is Yanek's family unable to warm themselves while living in the rooftop pigeon coop?
(a) No one has a way to acquire matches.
(b) Smoke from a fire will give away their location.
(c) The heat from a fire would be too extreme within a small space.
(d) Smoke from a fire will overwhelm the small space.

2. The night Yanek is whipped, he dreams that what object puts an end to his peaceful visit to a meadow?
(a) A dark cloud.
(b) An eclipse.
(c) A whip.
(d) A brisk wind.

3. Oskar tells the rest of the family that the war that would come to be called World War II would last how long?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 10 years.

4. How old had Yanek been when World War II had begun?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

5. With what type of weapon does the kapo hit both Fred and Yanek in Chapter 20?
(a) A club.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) A ladle.
(d) A hammer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yanek's first sign that Fred has contracted an illness?

2. During the long train journey Yanek experiences in Chapter 15, he wakes up to discover that what event has taken place?

3. Who is Oskar?

4. Yanek recalls being told by an SS guard upon his entry into Auschwitz that the only way to get out of the camp involved which object?

5. At the end of Chapter 19, Yanek thinks he may be losing his mind when he hears the sound of what?

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