View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group of Yanek's family members argues with Oskar about his estimate of the war's length?
(a) Yanek's cousins.
(b) Yanek's uncles.
(c) Yanek's brothers.
(d) Yanek's grandparents.

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

3. In what city does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Paris.
(c) Brussels.
(d) Krakow.

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 keep the flood at bay.
(c) He is unable to put out the flames.
(d) He is unable to scrub the graffiti from its walls.

5. Uncle Moshe tells the rest of the family that Hitler had said that "The Jews" in Europe must" (2) take what action?
(a) Submit.
(b) Disappear.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oskar tells the rest of the family that the war that would come to be called World War II would last how long?

2. In the first sentence of the novel, Yanek declares that if he had known about the events to come in the next how many years, he "would have eaten more" (1) and not complained about his bedtime or chores?

3. Yanek entertains the family in Chapter 1 with the use of which object he had created himself?

4. Which character is the first to greet Yanek and Oskar at the location to which they go after curfew?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 263 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample