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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of transportation is at first used to move Yanek from the Gross-Rosen concentration camp to the Dachau concentration camp?
(a) Bus.
(b) Foot.
(c) Coal cart.
(d) Plane.

2. During the long train journey Yanek experiences in Chapter 15, he wakes up to discover that what event has taken place?
(a) The cattle car has begun to fill up with smoke.
(b) He can no longer feel his own feet.
(c) The cattle car has begun to fill up with water.
(d) The man standing next to him has died.

3. What is Yanek's first sign that Fred has contracted an illness?
(a) He wakes up bathed in sweat.
(b) He is slower at chopping wood than he normally is.
(c) He cannot get out of bed.
(d) He vomits.

4. After what animal is the structure named that is used for whipping prisoners?
(a) Frog.
(b) Bear.
(c) Horse.
(d) Wasp.

5. The Nazis guarding Yanek and the others with him as they are removed from the Krakow ghetto are armed with which kind of weapons?
(a) Bayonets.
(b) Pistols.
(c) Machetes.
(d) Machine guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yanek arrives at the Birkenau concentration camp, he cries for the first time since the occurrence of which event?

2. What is a "panzer," (7) according to Yanek?

3. What method do the Nazis use to murder Fred once he becomes ill?

4. The Nazis make it a rule in Yanek's neighborhood in 1941 that how many families must live within each apartment?

5. Yanek is able to obtain what item of clothing at Birkenau that he considers crucial for his survival?

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