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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what location does Yanek flee whenever the Rosenblum girls begin to argue too loudly in Yanek's family's apartment?
(a) The pigeon coop.
(b) The attic.
(c) The hallway.
(d) The rooftop.

2. Yanek states that by the time the summer of what year arrives, he is the only member of his family who remains in the Krakow ghetto?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1944.

3. In the first sentence of the novel, Yanek declares that if he had known about the events to come in the next how many years, he "would have eaten more" (1) and not complained about his bedtime or chores?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What type of structure becomes a home for Yanek and his family beginning in Chapter 5?
(a) A custodial closet.
(b) A pigeon coop.
(c) An underground bunker.
(d) A utility room.

5. What is NOT one of Yanek's favorite topics to read books about?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Exploration.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of weather is occurring during the trip Yanek and Oskar make outside past curfew in Chapter 4?

2. What happens to the community synagogue in Yanek's neighborhood?

3. Which character is the first to greet Yanek and Oskar at the location to which they go after curfew?

4. How old is the protagonist when the Germans invade his community?

5. Once a curfew was instituted in the ghetto, by what time of night were Jewish people required to be in their homes?

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