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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?
(a) Poland.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Belgium.

2. In what year is Yanek moved to the Trzebinia concentration camp?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1939.

3. Which character is the first to greet Yanek and Oskar at the location to which they go after curfew?
(a) Mina.
(b) Uncle Abraham.
(c) Uncle Moshe.
(d) Aunt Fela.

4. Oskar bases his estimate of the war's length on his faith in which country's impending resolve to enter the war?
(a) France.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) The United States.
(d) Poland.

5. At the end of Chapter 14, a young boy is punished in what way when he is falsely accused of trying to escape?
(a) He is publicly hung.
(b) He is beaten.
(c) He is not fed for one week.
(d) He is shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yanek is able to obtain what item of clothing at Birkenau that he considers crucial for his survival?

2. What is a "panzer," (7) according to Yanek?

3. Yanek entertains the family in Chapter 1 with the use of which object he had created himself?

4. Yanek's first assigned task after he is moved to the Trzebinia concentration camp is to move a pile of what objects from one site to another?

5. Yanek states that "Amon Goeth wouldn't have" which meal "each day until he'd killed at least one Jew" (72)?

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