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

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) Tomato soup.
(c) Blueberry pie.
(d) Freshly baked bread.

2. As Yanek consumes snow from the cattle car's ventilation grate, he has a moment of longing for which of his late family members?
(a) His mother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

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

4. How many times per week do the Nazis conduct Resettlements in Yanek's city, as they are described in Chapter 6?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which members of Yanek's family weep continually as they listen to the sound of shots outside the pigeon coop?

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

4. During the long train journey Yanek experiences in Chapter 15, he wakes up to discover that what event has taken place?

5. Uncle Moshe tells the rest of the family that Hitler had said that "The Jews" in Europe must" (2) take what action?

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