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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 day when Yanek returns to the Plaszow labor camp, he is told that which member of his family is dead?
(a) Sala.
(b) Uncle Moshe.
(c) Mina.
(d) Oskar.

2. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should come out of hiding?
(a) Uncle Abraham.
(b) Yanek.
(c) Sala.
(d) Uncle Moshe.

3. How many members of Yanek's family are living within the rooftop pigeon coop at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

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

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

Short Answer 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?

2. The director of the Judenrat informs the people of Krakow that he has been ordered by the Nazis to hand over how many thousands of Jewish people the following morning?

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

4. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should remain in hiding within the pigeon coop?

5. Oskar tells the rest of the family that the war that would come to be called World War II would last how long?

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