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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. Across the street from Yanek's family's apartment building lies what kind of temporary institution?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A post office.
(c) A census office.
(d) A school.

8. During the two days of Deportation in Krakow, how many thousands of Jewish people are taken away by the Nazis?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

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

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

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

12. Uncle Moshe tells the rest of the family that Hitler had said that "The Jews" in Europe must" (2) take what action?
(a) Surrender.
(b) Disappear.
(c) Submit.
(d) Die.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What method do the Nazis use to transport Yanek and others when they are taken from the Krakow ghetto?

2. In what country does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?

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

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

5. For what reason is Yanek's family unable to warm themselves while living in the rooftop pigeon coop?

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