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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yanek tells the reader in Chapter 6 that he would trade "a week's worth of rations" (37) for one serving of which food prepared by his mother?
(a) Hand-churned butter.
(b) Freshly baked bread.
(c) Blueberry pie.
(d) Tomato soup.

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

3. Which building in the now-abandoned ghetto of Krakow is Yanek assigned to clean after being taken there to work?
(a) A hospital.
(b) His family's former apartment building.
(c) An art museum.
(d) A school.

4. The protagonist goes by the name of Yanek, which is classified as what type of name?
(a) German.
(b) Polish.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) French.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which prophet does Oskar name when pointing out the merits of Yanek's plan about the pigeon coop?

3. How old is Yanek when his parents are captured and taken away by the Nazis?

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

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

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