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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 10.
(d) 6.

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

3. What is the first boon Yanek receives as a result of finding money in Krakow?
(a) An egg.
(b) An orange.
(c) A stick of butter.
(d) Half a loaf of bread.

4. Which member of Yanek's family is NOT captured by the Nazis while waiting in line to buy bread?
(a) Sala and Dawid's daughter.
(b) Sala.
(c) Dawid.
(d) Sala and Dawid's son.

5. In Chapter 4, Oskar relents and takes Yanek out past curfew to what type of location?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A barn.
(c) A cafeteria.
(d) A synagogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oskar bases his estimate of the war's length on his faith in which country's impending resolve to enter the war?

2. 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?

3. What breed of dog is used by the Nazis in charge of the Plaszow labor camp?

4. Which group of Yanek's family members argues with Oskar about his estimate of the war's length?

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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