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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 name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the camp storehouse that holds items stolen from Jewish prisoners?
(a) Panama.
(b) Peru.
(c) Canada.
(d) California.

2. When Yanek arrives at the Birkenau concentration camp, he cries for the first time since the occurrence of which event?
(a) The capture of his mother.
(b) The capture of his father.
(c) The death of his Uncle Moshe.
(d) The death of his former bunkmate.

3. What sound causes Yanek's mother to nearly scream and give away the family's location in the pigeon coop?
(a) Screaming.
(b) The rattling of the rooftop door.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) Crying children.

4. When another train passes the train on which Yanek is riding in Chapter 15, Yanek discovers that his train is heading toward which concentration camp?
(a) Birkenau.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Treblinka.
(d) Bergen-Belsen.

5. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the new addition to camp that is officially called "new camp B III" (136)?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Baja.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. The young Polish boy in Chapter 15 shouts at the passing train passengers that they will soon be turned into what substance?

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?

3. On what street do Yanek and his family live in an apartment at the time the narrative begins?

4. In the first sentence of the novel, Yanek declares that if he had known about the events to come in the next how many years, he "would have eaten more" (1) and not complained about his bedtime or chores?

5. How many barrels for collecting human waste are allocated to 500 prisoners at Birkenau?

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