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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Nazis make it a rule in Yanek's neighborhood in 1941 that how many families must live within each apartment?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. Which group of Yanek's family members argues with Oskar about his estimate of the war's length?
(a) Yanek's brothers.
(b) Yanek's uncles.
(c) Yanek's grandparents.
(d) Yanek's cousins.

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

4. Which prophet does Oskar name when pointing out the merits of Yanek's plan about the pigeon coop?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Ezekiel.
(d) Isaiah.

5. What is the legal first name of the novel's protagonist, though he goes by the name Yanek?
(a) Hans.
(b) Jakob.
(c) Jacques.
(d) Jedediah.

6. 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) Machetes.
(c) Machine guns.
(d) Bayonets.

7. How many siblings does Yanek have in the narrative?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

8. 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) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 50.
(d) 3.

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

10. Who is Oskar?
(a) Yanek's father.
(b) Yanek's cousin.
(c) Yanek's grandfather.
(d) Yanek's uncle.

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

12. Which member of Yanek's family is NOT captured by the Nazis while waiting in line to buy bread?
(a) Sala.
(b) Sala and Dawid's daughter.
(c) Sala and Dawid's son.
(d) Dawid.

13. What sort of weather is occurring during the trip Yanek and Oskar make outside past curfew in Chapter 4?
(a) Snow.
(b) Sleet.
(c) Wind.
(d) Rain.

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

15. Yanek tells the reader in Chapter 6 that he would trade "a week's worth of rations" (37) for one serving of which food prepared by his mother?
(a) Blueberry pie.
(b) Freshly baked bread.
(c) Hand-churned butter.
(d) Tomato soup.

Short Answer Questions

1. What breed of dog is used by the Nazis in charge of the Plaszow labor camp?

2. Which member of Yanek's family is he overjoyed to locate within the Plaszow labor camp?

3. What type of structure becomes a home for Yanek and his family beginning in Chapter 5?

4. Yanek's visit to which location saves him from his parents' fate of being taken by the Nazis?

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

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