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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yanek spends which years inside the Plaszow concentration camp?
(a) 1940-1941.
(b) 1942-1943.
(c) 1941-1945.
(d) 1944-1945.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the German word "schnell" (64) mean when translated into English?
(a) Evil.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Quickly.

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

9. Which member of Yanek's family owns a bakery?
(a) Uncle Abraham.
(b) Sala.
(c) Mina.
(d) Oskar.

10. What method do the Nazis use to transport Yanek and others when they are taken from the Krakow ghetto?
(a) Truck.
(b) Train.
(c) On foot.
(d) Caravan.

11. Yanek's visit to which location saves him from his parents' fate of being taken by the Nazis?
(a) A synagogue.
(b) A friend's house.
(c) A museum.
(d) His uncle's bakery.

12. 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?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

13. 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) Dawid.
(d) Sala and Dawid's son.

14. 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) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 50.

15. Once a curfew was instituted in the ghetto, by what time of night were Jewish people required to be in their homes?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should come out of hiding?

2. Yanek states that anyone caught trying to escape from the ghetto received what punishment?

3. Once Yanek realizes that his parents have been captured by the Nazis, his pain soon turns to "a stirring of" (61) which emotion?

4. When the Nazis come to Krakow and empty its hospitals, what do they do with the patients?

5. At what age does a young Jewish man prepare to have a bar mitzvah?

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