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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 is a "panzer," (7) according to Yanek?
(a) A gun.
(b) A wall.
(c) A tank.
(d) An airplane.

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

3. How many days are the prisoners into their journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen when Yanek begins to help a fellow prisoner keep going?
(a) 3 or 4.
(b) 12 or 13.
(c) 9 or 10.
(d) 6 or 7.

4. Uncle Moshe tells the rest of the family that Hitler had said that "The Jews" in Europe must" (2) take what action?
(a) Submit.
(b) Disappear.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Die.

5. What sort of weather is occurring during the trip Yanek and Oskar make outside past curfew in Chapter 4?
(a) Wind.
(b) Sleet.
(c) Rain.
(d) Snow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. On what street do Yanek and his family live in an apartment at the time the narrative begins?

4. After standing in a minyan for a fellow prisoner's bar mitzvah, Yanek tells the young man that which fact is "all that matters" (134)?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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