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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a "panzer," (7) according to Yanek?
(a) A tank.
(b) A gun.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A wall.

2. What happens to the community synagogue in Yanek's neighborhood?
(a) It is shot up.
(b) It is burned down.
(c) It is defaced with graffiti.
(d) It is taken over by Nazis.

3. The Nazis guarding Yanek and the others with him as they are removed from the Krakow ghetto are armed with which kind of weapons?
(a) Pistols.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Machetes.
(d) Bayonets.

4. The narrative of the novel starts at the beginning of what month?
(a) November.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) October.

5. When Chapter 6 arrives, how old is Yanek?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

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

7. What happens to the man who runs into the street in an attempt to save the synagogue from damage in Chapter 2?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is unable to put out the flames.
(c) He is unable to keep the flood at bay.
(d) He is unable to scrub the graffiti from its walls.

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

9. In what country does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Belgium.

10. In Chapter 4, Oskar relents and takes Yanek out past curfew to what type of location?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A cafeteria.
(c) A barn.
(d) A synagogue.

11. How old is Yanek when his parents are captured and taken away by the Nazis?
(a) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

12. Yanek's prisoner uniform features stripes in which two colors?
(a) Gray and white.
(b) Blue and gray.
(c) Black and white.
(d) Blue and white.

13. 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 sundries shop.
(b) A tailor shop.
(c) A butcher shop.
(d) A shoemaker shop.

14. How much money does Yanek find during his work detail in the abandoned ghetto of Krakow?
(a) 3,000 zloty.
(b) 5,000 zloty.
(c) 2,000 zloty.
(d) 500 zloty.

15. Which building in the now-abandoned ghetto of Krakow is Yanek assigned to clean after being taken there to work?
(a) A school.
(b) An art museum.
(c) A hospital.
(d) His family's former apartment building.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should remain in hiding within the pigeon coop?

2. 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?

3. Which character is the first to greet Yanek and Oskar at the location to which they go after curfew?

4. How many times per week do the Nazis conduct Resettlements in Yanek's city, as they are described in Chapter 6?

5. What sound causes Yanek's mother to nearly scream and give away the family's location in the pigeon coop?

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