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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When new prisoners are brought to Auschwitz in Chapter 19, a long-time prisoner whispers to them that any children among them should claim to be what age?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

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

3. What is the first name of Commandant Koch's wife?
(a) Gretel.
(b) Heidi.
(c) Greta.
(d) Ilse.

4. During the two days of Deportation in Krakow, how many thousands of Jewish people are taken away by the Nazis?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

5. Yanek spends which years inside the Plaszow concentration camp?
(a) 1941-1945.
(b) 1940-1941.
(c) 1944-1945.
(d) 1942-1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two different colors of stripes on the prisoners' uniforms at Auschwitz?

2. One day when Yanek returns to the Plaszow labor camp, he is told that which member of his family is dead?

3. In Chapter 17, after Yanek verbally surrenders to death inside the gas chamber, what substance comes out of the showerhead instead of gas?

4. What specific gift from the American soldiers does Yanek cry about when he holds it in his hands?

5. Including Yanek, how many prisoners are moved to the location that turns out to be a salt mine?

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