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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which prophet does Oskar name when pointing out the merits of Yanek's plan about the pigeon coop?
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) Isaiah.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Ezekiel.

2. What is NOT a physical characteristic of the prisoner who steps in to help Yanek support the weight of his fellow prisoner on the trip from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?
(a) He wears eyeglasses.
(b) He has a grizzled beard.
(c) He has sunken and bloodshot eyes.
(d) He has deep cracks in his face.

3. At the start of Chapter 18, Yanek vows to take which action every single morning from that point forward?
(a) Drink a cup of water.
(b) Scrub his body.
(c) Write a poem.
(d) Say a prayer.

4. The narrative of the novel starts at the beginning of what month?
(a) November.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) October.

5. By the end of Chapter 17, Yanek states that he has been imprisoned in concentration camps for what length of time?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yanek spends which years inside the Plaszow concentration camp?

2. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should come out of hiding?

3. Yanek states that "Amon Goeth wouldn't have" which meal "each day until he'd killed at least one Jew" (72)?

4. What does the German word "schnell" (64) mean when translated into English?

5. What substance is found to have been placed within the wounds of the man claiming to have the last name of Finkelstein?

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