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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The young Polish boy in Chapter 15 shouts at the passing train passengers that they will soon be turned into what substance?
(a) Soap.
(b) Paste.
(c) Glue.
(d) Vapor.

2. When Yanek is placed into a queue at the beginning of Chapter 17 and he hears screams up ahead, what happens when it is his turn?
(a) He is assigned a work detail.
(b) He gets tattooed.
(c) He is whipped.
(d) He has his head shaven.

3. 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) Tomato soup.
(b) Hand-churned butter.
(c) Blueberry pie.
(d) Freshly baked bread.

4. The night after the man claiming to have the surname of Finkelstein dies, Yanek dreams that statues made of what substance come to life?
(a) Copper.
(b) Iron.
(c) Salt.
(d) Ice.

5. How many siblings does Yanek have in the narrative?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Yanek's family is NOT captured by the Nazis while waiting in line to buy bread?

2. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the new addition to camp that is officially called "new camp B III" (136)?

3. Which member of Yanek's family is he overjoyed to locate within the Plaszow labor camp?

4. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the camp storehouse that holds items stolen from Jewish prisoners?

5. The Nazis make it a rule in Yanek's neighborhood in 1941 that how many families must live within each apartment?

(see the answer key)

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