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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Yanek makes his way to the front of the line to see Dr. Mengle at Auschwitz, how old does he claim to be?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

2. What sound causes Yanek's mother to nearly scream and give away the family's location in the pigeon coop?
(a) Crying children.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Screaming.
(d) The rattling of the rooftop door.

3. The protagonist goes by the name of Yanek, which is classified as what type of name?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Polish.
(d) Yiddish.

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

5. Which nationality is not named in Yanek's portrait of the prisoners who begin singing Jewish songs in many different languages?
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) Belgian.
(d) Czech.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the two days of Deportation in Krakow, how many thousands of Jewish people are taken away by the Nazis?

2. What is the first boon Yanek receives as a result of finding money in Krakow?

3. How many siblings does Yanek have in the narrative?

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

5. When Yanek reaches the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, he must sleep in a single bunk with how many other men?

(see the answer key)

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