View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Yanek's first sign that Fred has contracted an illness?
(a) He wakes up bathed in sweat.
(b) He cannot get out of bed.
(c) He vomits.
(d) He is slower at chopping wood than he normally is.

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

3. What does the German word "schnell" (64) mean when translated into English?
(a) Evil.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Beautiful.

4. At what age does a young Jewish man prepare to have a bar mitzvah?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 14.

5. When new prisoners are brought to Auschwitz in Chapter 19, a long-time prisoner whispers to them that any children among them should claim to be what age?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Yanek consumes snow from the cattle car's ventilation grate, he has a moment of longing for which of his late family members?

2. When another train passes the train on which Yanek is riding in Chapter 15, Yanek discovers that his train is heading toward which concentration camp?

3. 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?

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

5. With what type of weapon does the kapo hit both Fred and Yanek in Chapter 20?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 258 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample