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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. One evening, the Nazis announce that if all Jewish people do not go home by what time of night, they will be shot once they are found?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

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

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

5. 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) 1945.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1942.

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

7. 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) Bayonets.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Machetes.
(d) Pistols.

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

9. 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) Do nothing to stand out.
(c) Be as helpful and kind as possible.
(d) Start planning an escape.

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

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

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

13. One day when Yanek returns to the Plaszow labor camp, he is told that which member of his family is dead?
(a) Oskar.
(b) Uncle Moshe.
(c) Sala.
(d) Mina.

14. Which character is the first to greet Yanek and Oskar at the location to which they go after curfew?
(a) Uncle Moshe.
(b) Aunt Fela.
(c) Uncle Abraham.
(d) Mina.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Yanek when his parents are captured and taken away by the Nazis?

3. What happens to the man who runs into the street in an attempt to save the synagogue from damage in Chapter 2?

4. In the first sentence of the novel, Yanek declares that if he had known about the events to come in the next how many years, he "would have eaten more" (1) and not complained about his bedtime or chores?

5. Which group of Yanek's family members argues with Oskar about his estimate of the war's length?

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