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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what location does Yanek flee whenever the Rosenblum girls begin to argue too loudly in Yanek's family's apartment?
(a) The pigeon coop.
(b) The attic.
(c) The rooftop.
(d) The hallway.

2. In the first sentence of the novel, Yanek declares that if he had known about the events to come in the next how many years, he "would have eaten more" (1) and not complained about his bedtime or chores?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. The Sachsenhausen concentration camp's gates display the same motto as which other concentration camp in which Yanek has lived?
(a) Wieliczka.
(b) Plaszow.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Auschwitz.

4. What is Yanek's first sign that Fred has contracted an illness?
(a) He vomits.
(b) He cannot get out of bed.
(c) He wakes up bathed in sweat.
(d) He is slower at chopping wood than he normally is.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The "Sachsenhausen salute" involves torturing a prisoner by forcing him to remain in what type of position for hours at a time without moving?

3. Who is Amon Goeth?

4. Yanek's visit to which location saves him from his parents' fate of being taken by the Nazis?

5. What are the two different colors of stripes on the prisoners' uniforms at Auschwitz?

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