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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Yanek's family use to cover the small window in the pigeon coop?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A sheet.

2. By the time Yanek's parents are seized by the Nazis, Yanek has been assigned a work detail in what kind of shop?
(a) A butcher shop.
(b) A tailor shop.
(c) A shoemaker shop.
(d) A sundries shop.

3. What is NOT one of Yanek's favorite topics to read books about?
(a) Exploration.
(b) America.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Doctors.

4. When the Nazis come to Krakow and empty its hospitals, what do they do with the patients?
(a) They send them to concentration camps.
(b) They send them back to their families.
(c) They move them to a different hospital.
(d) They shoot them in the street.

5. 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) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

6. What method do the Nazis use to transport Yanek and others when they are taken from the Krakow ghetto?
(a) Train.
(b) Truck.
(c) Caravan.
(d) On foot.

7. Which past tense verb do the Nazis use when threatening to take action regarding the Jewish ghetto of Krakow?
(a) Destroyed.
(b) Incinerated.
(c) Liquidated.
(d) Razed.

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

9. Oskar tells the rest of the family that the war that would come to be called World War II would last how long?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 3 weeks.

10. What advice does Yanek's family member at Plaszow repeat to him over and over?
(a) Be as helpful and kind as possible.
(b) Do not make eye contact with other Jews.
(c) Start planning an escape.
(d) Do nothing to stand out.

11. The director of the Judenrat informs the people of Krakow that he has been ordered by the Nazis to hand over how many thousands of Jewish people the following morning?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 50.

12. Once Yanek realizes that his parents have been captured by the Nazis, his pain soon turns to "a stirring of" (61) which emotion?
(a) Rage.
(b) Self-preservation.
(c) Determination.
(d) Hatred.

13. Which members of Yanek's family weep continually as they listen to the sound of shots outside the pigeon coop?
(a) His parents.
(b) His nieces.
(c) His aunts.
(d) His cousins.

14. Oskar bases his estimate of the war's length on his faith in which country's impending resolve to enter the war?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) The United States.
(d) Great Britain.

15. What breed of dog is used by the Nazis in charge of the Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Pit Bull.
(b) German Shepherd.
(c) Doberman.
(d) Rottweiler.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the prisoners at the Plaszow labor camp refer to Amon Goeth's "score," (71) to what are they referring?

2. How many members of Yanek's family are living within the rooftop pigeon coop at the start of Chapter 7?

3. One evening, the Nazis announce that if all Jewish people do not go home by what time of night, they will be shot once they are found?

4. In Chapter 4, Oskar relents and takes Yanek out past curfew to what type of location?

5. One day when Yanek returns to the Plaszow labor camp, he is told that which member of his family is dead?

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