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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Chapter 6 arrives, how old is Yanek?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

2. What type of structure becomes a home for Yanek and his family beginning in Chapter 5?
(a) A pigeon coop.
(b) A utility room.
(c) A custodial closet.
(d) An underground bunker.

3. At the end of Chapter 3, what action does Yanek take for the first time?
(a) He lies.
(b) He doubts his uncle's word.
(c) He curses.
(d) He doubts his father's word.

4. Oskar bases his estimate of the war's length on his faith in which country's impending resolve to enter the war?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) Poland.

5. At what age does a young Jewish man prepare to have a bar mitzvah?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Oskar relents and takes Yanek out past curfew to what type of location?

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

3. What is the legal first name of the novel's protagonist, though he goes by the name Yanek?

4. What sorts of objects does Oskar sell in his store before it is seized by Nazis?

5. In what country does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?

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