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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrative of the novel starts at the beginning of what month?
(a) September.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) December.

2. How old is the protagonist when the Germans invade his community?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

3. The director of the Judenrat informs the people of Krakow that he has been ordered by the Nazis to hand over how many thousands of Jewish people the following morning?
(a) 50.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

4. What happens to the man who runs into the street in an attempt to save the synagogue from damage in Chapter 2?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is unable to put out the flames.
(c) He is unable to scrub the graffiti from its walls.
(d) He is unable to keep the flood at bay.

5. Yanek entertains the family in Chapter 1 with the use of which object he had created himself?
(a) A kazoo.
(b) A stage.
(c) A projector.
(d) A guitar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of structure becomes a home for Yanek and his family beginning in Chapter 5?

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

3. To what location does Yanek flee whenever the Rosenblum girls begin to argue too loudly in Yanek's family's apartment?

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

5. When the Nazis come to Krakow and empty its hospitals, what do they do with the patients?

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