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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the legal first name of the novel's protagonist, though he goes by the name Yanek?
(a) Jedediah.
(b) Jakob.
(c) Jacques.
(d) Hans.

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

3. What does the German word "schnell" (64) mean when translated into English?
(a) Evil.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Quickly.

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

5. How many members of Yanek's family are living within the rooftop pigeon coop at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should come out of hiding?

3. Yanek states that by the time the summer of what year arrives, he is the only member of his family who remains in the Krakow ghetto?

4. Once Yanek realizes that his parents have been captured by the Nazis, his pain soon turns to "a stirring of" (61) which emotion?

5. What breed of dog is used by the Nazis in charge of the Plaszow labor camp?

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