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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. For how many hours does Yanek remain inside the motionless cattle car while the other cars are loaded with Jewish people?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 24.
(d) 3.

3. 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) Iron.
(c) Salt.
(d) Ice.

4. What sound causes Yanek's mother to nearly scream and give away the family's location in the pigeon coop?
(a) Screaming.
(b) Crying children.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) The rattling of the rooftop door.

5. How old is Yanek when he reaches the Sachsenhausen concentration camp after being moved from Auschwitz?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Yanek states that by the time the summer of what year arrives, he is the only member of his family who remains in the Krakow ghetto?

3. What is the name of the salt mine in which Yanek is put to work in 1943?

4. Yanek's first assigned task after he is moved to the Trzebinia concentration camp is to move a pile of what objects from one site to another?

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

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