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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yanek finds within his bunk at Birkenau a small toy resembling what creature?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A frog.
(c) A dog.
(d) A horse.

2. When Yanek is caught having lost a certain object, to how many lashes with the whip is he sentenced?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 15.

3. Which building in the now-abandoned ghetto of Krakow is Yanek assigned to clean after being taken there to work?
(a) His family's former apartment building.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A school.
(d) An art museum.

4. Which member of Yanek's family owns a bakery?
(a) Uncle Abraham.
(b) Mina.
(c) Sala.
(d) Oskar.

5. Oskar tells the rest of the family that the war that would come to be called World War II would last how long?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the legal first name of the novel's protagonist, though he goes by the name Yanek?

3. How many days are the prisoners into their journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen when Yanek begins to help a fellow prisoner keep going?

4. What method do the Nazis use to murder Fred once he becomes ill?

5. Which member of Yanek's family is he overjoyed to locate within the Plaszow labor camp?

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