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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After what animal is the structure named that is used for whipping prisoners?
(a) Bear.
(b) Horse.
(c) Wasp.
(d) Frog.

2. When the prisoners at the Plaszow labor camp refer to Amon Goeth's "score," (71) to what are they referring?
(a) The number of Jews Amon Goeth has beaten that day.
(b) The number of Jews Amon Goeth has killed that day.
(c) The number of Jewish children Amon Goeth has imprisoned that day.
(d) The number of times Amon Goeth has been caught sleeping on duty.

3. Yanek is shocked to discover that which person familiar to him is also heading toward Dachau?
(a) Moonface.
(b) Fred.
(c) Uncle Moshe.
(d) Mina.

4. What is the first boon Yanek receives as a result of finding money in Krakow?
(a) An egg.
(b) An orange.
(c) Half a loaf of bread.
(d) A stick of butter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Yanek is transported to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, he seeks refuge from "the horror, the thirst, and the starvation" (212) by engaging in what activity?

2. How many barrels for collecting human waste are allocated to 500 prisoners at Birkenau?

3. Which past tense verb do the Nazis use when threatening to take action regarding the Jewish ghetto of Krakow?

4. 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?

5. When the Nazis come to Krakow and empty its hospitals, what do they do with the patients?

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