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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 18, Yanek has a dream that which person is chasing him?
(a) Dr. Mengele.
(b) Amon Goethe.
(c) Uncle Moshe.
(d) Adolf Hitler.

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) Iron.
(b) Copper.
(c) Ice.
(d) Salt.

3. Yanek states that "Amon Goeth wouldn't have" which meal "each day until he'd killed at least one Jew" (72)?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Supper.
(d) Breakfast.

4. In Chapter 17, after Yanek verbally surrenders to death inside the gas chamber, what substance comes out of the showerhead instead of gas?
(a) Water.
(b) Milk.
(c) Steam.
(d) Rust.

5. What object does Yanek's family use to cover the small window in the pigeon coop?
(a) A sheet.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is the protagonist when the Germans invade his community?

3. How many days are the prisoners into their journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen when Yanek begins to help a fellow prisoner keep going?

4. At what age does a young Jewish man prepare to have a bar mitzvah?

5. In what season of the year are Yanek and the other prisoners at Auschwitz moved to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp?

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