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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 name of Yanek's mother and Oskar's wife?
(a) Mina.
(b) Lena.
(c) Martha.
(d) Sala.

2. Yanek's prisoner uniform features stripes in which two colors?
(a) Gray and white.
(b) Black and white.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) Blue and gray.

3. Who is Oskar?
(a) Yanek's cousin.
(b) Yanek's grandfather.
(c) Yanek's father.
(d) Yanek's uncle.

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

5. What is a "panzer," (7) according to Yanek?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A gun.
(c) A wall.
(d) A tank.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, what action does Yanek take for the first time?

2. To what location does Yanek flee whenever the Rosenblum girls begin to argue too loudly in Yanek's family's apartment?

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

4. In what country does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?

5. What is NOT one of Yanek's favorite topics to read books about?

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