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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of weather is occurring during the trip Yanek and Oskar make outside past curfew in Chapter 4?
(a) Wind.
(b) Snow.
(c) Sleet.
(d) Rain.

2. At what age does a young Jewish man prepare to have a bar mitzvah?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 14.

3. The term "Muselmann" (96) is used by prisoners to refer to a person with what condition?
(a) Gout.
(b) Rickets.
(c) Shingles.
(d) Severe malnutrition.

4. What happens to the community synagogue in Yanek's neighborhood?
(a) It is shot up.
(b) It is taken over by Nazis.
(c) It is burned down.
(d) It is defaced with graffiti.

5. What is NOT something Yanek associates with his formerly safe and happy self?
(a) Bicycle rides.
(b) Science.
(c) American movies.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Yanek's family member at Plaszow repeat to him over and over?

2. How old is the younger Polish boy on the train platform who shouts at the passing train passengers that they will be transformed into a particular substance?

3. At the end of Chapter 3, what action does Yanek take for the first time?

4. What is the legal first name of the novel's protagonist, though he goes by the name Yanek?

5. By the end of Chapter 17, Yanek states that he has been imprisoned in concentration camps for what length of time?

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