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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oskar bases his estimate of the war's length on his faith in which country's impending resolve to enter the war?
(a) The United States.
(b) Poland.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) France.

2. Yanek entertains the family in Chapter 1 with the use of which object he had created himself?
(a) A projector.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A stage.
(d) A kazoo.

3. 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.

4. Oskar tells the rest of the family that the war that would come to be called World War II would last how long?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 months.

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

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

7. 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) Smoke from a fire will overwhelm the small space.
(d) No one has a way to acquire matches.

8. What happens to the man who runs into the street in an attempt to save the synagogue from damage in Chapter 2?
(a) He is unable to put out the flames.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is unable to keep the flood at bay.
(d) He is unable to scrub the graffiti from its walls.

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

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

11. 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) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

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

13. What is the first boon Yanek receives as a result of finding money in Krakow?
(a) Half a loaf of bread.
(b) An egg.
(c) An orange.
(d) A stick of butter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to the community synagogue in Yanek's neighborhood?

3. What is Yanek's first sign that his parents may have been captured by the Nazis?

4. The protagonist goes by the name of Yanek, which is classified as what type of name?

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

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