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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 item does Yanek lose while providing assistance to another prisoner on the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?
(a) A hunk of bread.
(b) A Star of David armband.
(c) A key.
(d) A wooden toy.

2. As Yanek and the other prisoners enter the gates of Auschwitz, they see a sign announcing that "work is" (148) what?
(a) Mandatory.
(b) Healing.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Freedom.

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) 7.
(d) 6.

4. How old is the protagonist when the Germans invade his community?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

5. What form of transportation is at first used to move Yanek from the Gross-Rosen concentration camp to the Dachau concentration camp?
(a) Coal cart.
(b) Plane.
(c) Bus.
(d) Foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. The protagonist goes by the name of Yanek, which is classified as what type of name?

2. Who is Amon Goeth?

3. Which group of Yanek's family members argues with Oskar about his estimate of the war's length?

4. On what street do Yanek and his family live in an apartment at the time the narrative begins?

5. Across the street from Yanek's family's apartment building lies what kind of temporary institution?

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