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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT something Yanek associates with his formerly safe and happy self?
(a) American movies.
(b) Books.
(c) Bicycle rides.
(d) Science.

2. During the long train journey Yanek experiences in Chapter 15, he wakes up to discover that what event has taken place?
(a) The cattle car has begun to fill up with smoke.
(b) The cattle car has begun to fill up with water.
(c) He can no longer feel his own feet.
(d) The man standing next to him has died.

3. With what type of weapon does the kapo hit both Fred and Yanek in Chapter 20?
(a) A ladle.
(b) A club.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A baseball bat.

4. On the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen, the first prisoners to die along the way according to Yanek are the prisoners without what?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Water.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Food.

5. Which nationality is not named in Yanek's portrait of the prisoners who begin singing Jewish songs in many different languages?
(a) Czech.
(b) Belgian.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

6. At the start of Chapter 19, Yanek states that when he gets to Auschwitz, he is how old?
(a) 9 or 10.
(b) 15 or 16.
(c) 12 or 13.
(d) 17 or 18.

7. At the start of Chapter 18, Yanek vows to take which action every single morning from that point forward?
(a) Say a prayer.
(b) Scrub his body.
(c) Drink a cup of water.
(d) Write a poem.

8. When another train passes the train on which Yanek is riding in Chapter 15, Yanek discovers that his train is heading toward which concentration camp?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Birkenau.
(c) Treblinka.
(d) Bergen-Belsen.

9. With what object is the man beaten to death after it is determined that his name is not really Finkelstein?
(a) A brick.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A rock.

10. When Yanek makes his way to the front of the line to see Dr. Mengle at Auschwitz, how old does he claim to be?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 14.

11. What is NOT a smell Yanek detects when he is placed into a cattle car at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Vomit.
(b) Disinfectant.
(c) Excrement.
(d) Urine.

12. What method of transportation do Yanek and the other prisoners use to reach the Sachsenhausen concentration camp?
(a) They take a train.
(b) They take a bus.
(c) They ride bicycles.
(d) They walk.

13. In what year does Yanek arrive at the Sachsenhausen camp?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1945.

14. As Yanek and the other prisoners enter the gates of Auschwitz, they see a sign announcing that "work is" (148) what?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Healing.
(c) Mandatory.
(d) Salvation.

15. At the end of Chapter 14, a young boy is punished in what way when he is falsely accused of trying to escape?
(a) He is publicly hung.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is beaten.
(d) He is not fed for one week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What location does every prisoner at Auschwitz do their best to avoid?

2. How old had Yanek been when World War II had begun?

3. What is Yanek's first sign that Fred has contracted an illness?

4. What are the two different colors of stripes on the prisoners' uniforms at Auschwitz?

5. How many days are the prisoners into their journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen when Yanek begins to help a fellow prisoner keep going?

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