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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Yanek is placed into a queue at the beginning of Chapter 17 and he hears screams up ahead, what happens when it is his turn?
(a) He is whipped.
(b) He has his head shaven.
(c) He gets tattooed.
(d) He is assigned a work detail.

2. When Chapter 6 arrives, how old is Yanek?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

3. What sorts of objects does Oskar sell in his store before it is seized by Nazis?
(a) Sports equipment.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Luggage.
(d) Baked goods.

4. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the new addition to camp that is officially called "new camp B III" (136)?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Baja.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Haiti.

5. Whose advice is Yanek ignoring when he forms a close friendship with Fred?
(a) Uncle Abraham's.
(b) Mina's.
(c) Oskar's.
(d) Uncle Moshe's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yanek is able to obtain what item of clothing at Birkenau that he considers crucial for his survival?

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

3. In what country does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?

4. 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?

5. The Nazis guarding Yanek and the others with him as they are removed from the Krakow ghetto are armed with which kind of weapons?

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