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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 advice does Yanek's family member at Plaszow repeat to him over and over?
(a) Start planning an escape.
(b) Do nothing to stand out.
(c) Do not make eye contact with other Jews.
(d) Be as helpful and kind as possible.

2. What sort of weather is occurring during the trip Yanek and Oskar make outside past curfew in Chapter 4?
(a) Snow.
(b) Rain.
(c) Sleet.
(d) Wind.

3. What method do the Nazis use to transport Yanek and others when they are taken from the Krakow ghetto?
(a) On foot.
(b) Train.
(c) Truck.
(d) Caravan.

4. What breed of dog is used by the Nazis in charge of the Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Doberman.
(b) Pit Bull.
(c) Rottweiler.
(d) German Shepherd.

5. Which building in the now-abandoned ghetto of Krakow is Yanek assigned to clean after being taken there to work?
(a) A school.
(b) An art museum.
(c) His family's former apartment building.
(d) A hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yanek's first sign that his parents may have been captured by the Nazis?

2. When the prisoners at the Plaszow labor camp refer to Amon Goeth's "score," (71) to what are they referring?

3. Which members of Yanek's family weep continually as they listen to the sound of shots outside the pigeon coop?

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

5. Yanek's visit to which location saves him from his parents' fate of being taken by the Nazis?

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