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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which literary technique does Gratz use when he chooses the member of Yanek's family who will appear again at Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Irony.
(d) Hyperbole.

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

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

4. On what street do Yanek and his family live in an apartment at the time the narrative begins?
(a) Krakusa Street.
(b) Grodzka Street.
(c) Jagiellonska Street.
(d) Florianska Street.

5. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should remain in hiding within the pigeon coop?
(a) Uncle Moshe.
(b) Yanek.
(c) Oskar.
(d) Uncle Abraham.

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

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

8. How many members of Yanek's family are living within the rooftop pigeon coop at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

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

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

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

12. What is the name of Yanek's mother and Oskar's wife?
(a) Mina.
(b) Lena.
(c) Sala.
(d) Martha.

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

14. In what city does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Krakow.
(c) Paris.
(d) Brussels.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which past tense verb do the Nazis use when threatening to take action regarding the Jewish ghetto of Krakow?

2. What does the German word "schnell" (64) mean when translated into English?

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

4. What sort of weather is occurring during the trip Yanek and Oskar make outside past curfew in Chapter 4?

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

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