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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of Yanek's family owns a bakery?
(a) Mina.
(b) Uncle Abraham.
(c) Oskar.
(d) Sala.

2. Yanek entertains the family in Chapter 1 with the use of which object he had created himself?
(a) A stage.
(b) A kazoo.
(c) A projector.
(d) A guitar.

3. When the prisoners at the Plaszow labor camp refer to Amon Goeth's "score," (71) to what are they referring?
(a) The number of times Amon Goeth has been caught sleeping on duty.
(b) The number of Jewish children Amon Goeth has imprisoned that day.
(c) The number of Jews Amon Goeth has beaten that day.
(d) The number of Jews Amon Goeth has killed that day.

4. During the long train journey Yanek experiences in Chapter 15, he wakes up to discover that what event has taken place?
(a) He can no longer feel his own feet.
(b) The cattle car has begun to fill up with smoke.
(c) The man standing next to him has died.
(d) The cattle car has begun to fill up with water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yanek's first sign that his parents may have been captured by the Nazis?

2. With what object is the man beaten to death after it is determined that his name is not really Finkelstein?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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