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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 numerical term does Yanek use to describe the number of people who have died during the long train trip to Birkenau?
(a) One dozen.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Scores.
(d) Several dozen.

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

3. What advice does Yanek's family member at Plaszow repeat to him over and over?
(a) Do not make eye contact with other Jews.
(b) Do nothing to stand out.
(c) Be as helpful and kind as possible.
(d) Start planning an escape.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Into which of Yanek's limbs do the Nazis at Birkenau tattoo Yanek's prisoner number, B-3087?

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

3. What is the name of Yanek's mother and Oskar's wife?

4. How many Jewish men are required to form a minyan?

5. The man who claims to have the last name of Finkelstein turns out to have inhabited which position in the past?

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