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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

2. In what country does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Germany.

3. Which literary technique does Gratz use when he chooses the member of Yanek's family who will appear again at Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Irony.
(d) Metaphor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "panzer," (7) according to Yanek?

2. The narrative of the novel starts at the beginning of what month?

3. How much money does Yanek find during his work detail in the abandoned ghetto of Krakow?

4. Yanek states that anyone caught trying to escape from the ghetto received what punishment?

5. In Chapter 4, Oskar relents and takes Yanek out past curfew to what type of location?

(see the answer key)

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