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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first name of Commandant Koch's wife?
(a) Gretel.
(b) Ilse.
(c) Heidi.
(d) Greta.

2. The young Polish boy in Chapter 15 shouts at the passing train passengers that they will soon be turned into what substance?
(a) Glue.
(b) Vapor.
(c) Soap.
(d) Paste.

3. Once the Americans arrive at Dachau, Yanek is amazed to realize that he has successfully survived how many different concentration camps?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

4. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should come out of hiding?
(a) Sala.
(b) Uncle Moshe.
(c) Yanek.
(d) Uncle Abraham.

5. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the camp storehouse that holds items stolen from Jewish prisoners?
(a) California.
(b) Canada.
(c) Panama.
(d) Peru.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Yanek lose while providing assistance to another prisoner on the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?

2. The narrative of the novel starts at the beginning of what month?

3. When Yanek has the urge to strike the prisoner he has just helped, what does he do instead?

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

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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