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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Poland.
(c) The United States.
(d) Great Britain.

2. What is NOT one of Yanek's favorite topics to read books about?
(a) America.
(b) Exploration.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Doctors.

3. Which member of Yanek's family is NOT captured by the Nazis while waiting in line to buy bread?
(a) Sala and Dawid's daughter.
(b) Sala and Dawid's son.
(c) Sala.
(d) Dawid.

4. At the start of Chapter 19, Yanek states that when he gets to Auschwitz, he is how old?
(a) 15 or 16.
(b) 9 or 10.
(c) 17 or 18.
(d) 12 or 13.

5. By the time Yanek's parents are seized by the Nazis, Yanek has been assigned a work detail in what kind of shop?
(a) A butcher shop.
(b) A tailor shop.
(c) A shoemaker shop.
(d) A sundries shop.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the German word "schnell" (64) mean when translated into English?

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

4. Yanek's prisoner uniform features stripes in which two colors?

5. The director of the Judenrat informs the people of Krakow that he has been ordered by the Nazis to hand over how many thousands of Jewish people the following morning?

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