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

2. The night after the man claiming to have the surname of Finkelstein dies, Yanek dreams that statues made of what substance come to life?
(a) Copper.
(b) Salt.
(c) Iron.
(d) Ice.

3. What is Yanek's first sign that his parents may have been captured by the Nazis?
(a) He believes he sees them being led away.
(b) He finds a note they had left for him.
(c) He returns to the pigeon coop to find them missing.
(d) Uncle Abraham says he had seen them being led away.

4. Which group of Yanek's family members argues with Oskar about his estimate of the war's length?
(a) Yanek's brothers.
(b) Yanek's cousins.
(c) Yanek's grandparents.
(d) Yanek's uncles.

5. What is NOT a smell Yanek detects when he is placed into a cattle car at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Urine.
(b) Disinfectant.
(c) Excrement.
(d) Vomit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Amon Goeth?

2. What is Yanek's first sign that Fred has contracted an illness?

3. What is NOT something Yanek associates with his formerly safe and happy self?

4. When Yanek helps a fellow prisoner to continue on with the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen, what body part of the prisoner's does Yanek prop up onto his own body?

5. Which literary technique does Gratz use when he chooses the member of Yanek's family who will appear again at Plaszow labor camp?

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