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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason is Yanek's family unable to warm themselves while living in the rooftop pigeon coop?
(a) No one has a way to acquire matches.
(b) Smoke from a fire will overwhelm the small space.
(c) Smoke from a fire will give away their location.
(d) The heat from a fire would be too extreme within a small space.

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. Yanek states that anyone caught trying to escape from the ghetto received what punishment?
(a) They were hung.
(b) They were taken to a death camp.
(c) They were shot on sight.
(d) They were taken to a work camp.

4. What is Yanek's first sign that his parents may have been captured by the Nazis?
(a) He believes he sees them being led away.
(b) Uncle Abraham says he had seen them being led away.
(c) He returns to the pigeon coop to find them missing.
(d) He finds a note they had left for him.

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

6. What sorts of objects does Oskar sell in his store before it is seized by Nazis?
(a) Luggage.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Sports equipment.
(d) Baked goods.

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

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

9. At what age does a young Jewish man prepare to have a bar mitzvah?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

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

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

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

13. Who is Amon Goeth?
(a) An executioner.
(b) The Nazi Party Secretary.
(c) A member of the SS.
(d) The commandant of the labor camp.

14. Yanek states that "Amon Goeth wouldn't have" which meal "each day until he'd killed at least one Jew" (72)?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Supper.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Dinner.

15. Yanek states that by the time the summer of what year arrives, he is the only member of his family who remains in the Krakow ghetto?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oskar bases his estimate of the war's length on his faith in which country's impending resolve to enter the war?

2. Which literary technique does Gratz use when he chooses the member of Yanek's family who will appear again at Plaszow labor camp?

3. Which prophet does Oskar name when pointing out the merits of Yanek's plan about the pigeon coop?

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

5. Oskar tells the rest of the family that the war that would come to be called World War II would last how long?

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