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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 sundries shop.
(b) A shoemaker shop.
(c) A tailor shop.
(d) A butcher shop.

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

3. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should come out of hiding?
(a) Sala.
(b) Yanek.
(c) Uncle Moshe.
(d) Uncle Abraham.

4. Once a curfew was instituted in the ghetto, by what time of night were Jewish people required to be in their homes?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

5. How much money does Yanek find during his work detail in the abandoned ghetto of Krakow?
(a) 2,000 zloty.
(b) 5,000 zloty.
(c) 3,000 zloty.
(d) 500 zloty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the new addition to camp that is officially called "new camp B III" (136)?

2. The "Sachsenhausen salute" involves torturing a prisoner by forcing him to remain in what type of position for hours at a time without moving?

3. On what street do Yanek and his family live in an apartment at the time the narrative begins?

4. The Nazis guarding Yanek and the others with him as they are removed from the Krakow ghetto are armed with which kind of weapons?

5. Which building in the now-abandoned ghetto of Krakow is Yanek assigned to clean after being taken there to work?

(see the answer key)

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