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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 sorts of objects does Oskar sell in his store before it is seized by Nazis?
(a) Baked goods.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Luggage.
(d) Sports equipment.

2. Yanek spends which years inside the Plaszow concentration camp?
(a) 1944-1945.
(b) 1942-1943.
(c) 1940-1941.
(d) 1941-1945.

3. Which past tense verb do the Nazis use when threatening to take action regarding the Jewish ghetto of Krakow?
(a) Liquidated.
(b) Destroyed.
(c) Razed.
(d) Incinerated.

4. When the Nazis come to Krakow and empty its hospitals, what do they do with the patients?
(a) They shoot them in the street.
(b) They send them back to their families.
(c) They send them to concentration camps.
(d) They move them to a different hospital.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many members of Yanek's family are living within the rooftop pigeon coop at the start of Chapter 7?

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

4. What method do the Nazis use to transport Yanek and others when they are taken from the Krakow ghetto?

5. Yanek entertains the family in Chapter 1 with the use of which object he had created himself?

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