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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what length of time is Yanek imprisoned at the Birkenau concentration camp before being moved to Auschwitz?
(a) A few months.
(b) Several years.
(c) Less than six months.
(d) A year and a half.

2. What action does Yanek take as he eats Fred's bread on the evening immediately following Fred's murder?
(a) He folds his hands.
(b) He says a kaddish.
(c) He closes his eyes.
(d) He whispers quietly to Fred's spirit.

3. What location does every prisoner at Auschwitz do their best to avoid?
(a) The camp kitchens.
(b) The rock quarry.
(c) The camp clinic.
(d) The latrines.

4. What food item do the Nazis provide to each prisoner that they say must last for the entirety of the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?
(a) A packet of gruel.
(b) Half a loaf of bread.
(c) One loaf of bread.
(d) One biscuit.

5. At the end of Chapter 19, Yanek thinks he may be losing his mind when he hears the sound of what?
(a) His mother's voice.
(b) Ocean waves.
(c) Bombing.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 18, Yanek has a dream that which person is chasing him?

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

3. Upon arriving at the Trzebinia concentration camp, Yanek vows that he will not be killed without first taking what action?

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

5. What type of structure becomes a home for Yanek and his family beginning in Chapter 5?

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