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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Oskar relents and takes Yanek out past curfew to what type of location?
(a) A cafeteria.
(b) A synagogue.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A barn.

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

3. Which literary technique does Gratz use when he chooses the member of Yanek's family who will appear again at Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Irony.

4. When Yanek makes his way to the front of the line to see Dr. Mengle at Auschwitz, how old does he claim to be?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

5. Yanek spends which years inside the Plaszow concentration camp?
(a) 1941-1945.
(b) 1944-1945.
(c) 1940-1941.
(d) 1942-1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once a curfew was instituted in the ghetto, by what time of night were Jewish people required to be in their homes?

2. The Nazis make it a rule in Yanek's neighborhood in 1941 that how many families must live within each apartment?

3. By the time Yanek's parents are seized by the Nazis, Yanek has been assigned a work detail in what kind of shop?

4. When Yanek reaches the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, he must sleep in a single bunk with how many other men?

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

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