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

2. How many times per week do the Nazis conduct Resettlements in Yanek's city, as they are described in Chapter 6?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

3. In Chapter 4, Oskar relents and takes Yanek out past curfew to what type of location?
(a) A barn.
(b) A synagogue.
(c) A cafeteria.
(d) A bakery.

4. What is Yanek's first sign that his parents may have been captured by the Nazis?
(a) He believes he sees them being led away.
(b) He finds a note they had left for him.
(c) Uncle Abraham says he had seen them being led away.
(d) He returns to the pigeon coop to find them missing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason is Yanek's family unable to warm themselves while living in the rooftop pigeon coop?

2. Which literary technique does Gratz use when he chooses the member of Yanek's family who will appear again at Plaszow labor camp?

3. What advice does Yanek's family member at Plaszow repeat to him over and over?

4. Uncle Moshe tells the rest of the family that Hitler had said that "The Jews" in Europe must" (2) take what action?

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

(see the answer key)

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