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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 Yanek has the urge to strike the prisoner he has just helped, what does he do instead?
(a) He remains quiet.
(b) He strikes his own legs.
(c) He yells aloud.
(d) He pounds his fists on the ground.

2. Yanek finds within his bunk at Birkenau a small toy resembling what creature?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A frog.
(c) A horse.
(d) A dog.

3. Into which of Yanek's limbs do the Nazis at Birkenau tattoo Yanek's prisoner number, B-3087?
(a) His right arm.
(b) His left calf.
(c) The back of his neck.
(d) His left arm.

4. In Chapter 4, Oskar relents and takes Yanek out past curfew to what type of location?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A synagogue.
(c) A barn.
(d) A cafeteria.

5. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should remain in hiding within the pigeon coop?
(a) Uncle Abraham.
(b) Yanek.
(c) Uncle Moshe.
(d) Oskar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Yanek tells the reader in Chapter 6 that he would trade "a week's worth of rations" (37) for one serving of which food prepared by his mother?

3. What location does every prisoner at Auschwitz do their best to avoid?

4. What is the first name of Commandant Koch's wife?

5. What numerical term does Yanek use to describe the number of people who have died during the long train trip to Birkenau?

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