1. Yanek's visit to which location saves him from his parents' fate of being taken by the Nazis?
(a) A museum.
(b) A synagogue.
(c) A friend's house.
(d) His uncle's bakery.

2. How many Jewish men are required to form a minyan?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

3. The Sachsenhausen concentration camp's gates display the same motto as which other concentration camp in which Yanek has lived?
(a) Wieliczka.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Plaszow.

4. During the two days of Deportation in Krakow, how many thousands of Jewish people are taken away by the Nazis?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many people are imprisoned within the Auschwitz concentration camp at the time Yanek and the others are moved to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp?

2. When Yanek makes his way to the front of the line to see Dr. Mengle at Auschwitz, how old does he claim to be?

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

4. At the start of Chapter 18, Yanek vows to take which action every single morning from that point forward?

5. What is NOT a smell Yanek detects when he is placed into a cattle car at the beginning of Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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