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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yanek states that anyone caught trying to escape from the ghetto received what punishment?
(a) They were shot on sight.
(b) They were taken to a work camp.
(c) They were taken to a death camp.
(d) They were hung.

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

3. What happens to the community synagogue in Yanek's neighborhood?
(a) It is defaced with graffiti.
(b) It is burned down.
(c) It is shot up.
(d) It is taken over by Nazis.

4. Once a curfew was instituted in the ghetto, by what time of night were Jewish people required to be in their homes?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One evening, the Nazis announce that if all Jewish people do not go home by what time of night, they will be shot once they are found?

3. What object does Yanek's family use to cover the small window in the pigeon coop?

4. 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?

5. How many times per week do the Nazis conduct Resettlements in Yanek's city, as they are described in Chapter 6?

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