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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of Chapter 17, Yanek states that he has been imprisoned in concentration camps for what length of time?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 4 years.

2. How many Jewish men are required to form a minyan?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

3. Into which of Yanek's limbs do the Nazis at Birkenau tattoo Yanek's prisoner number, B-3087?
(a) His right arm.
(b) The back of his neck.
(c) His left arm.
(d) His left calf.

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

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

6. 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) Bergen-Belsen.
(b) Birkenau.
(c) Treblinka.
(d) Auschwitz.

7. 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 shot.
(b) He is publicly hung.
(c) He is not fed for one week.
(d) He is beaten.

8. What method do the Nazis use to murder Fred once he becomes ill?
(a) Shooting.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Suffocation.

9. For what length of time is Yanek imprisoned at the Birkenau concentration camp before being moved to Auschwitz?
(a) Less than six months.
(b) A few months.
(c) A year and a half.
(d) Several years.

10. How many days are the prisoners into their journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen when Yanek begins to help a fellow prisoner keep going?
(a) 9 or 10.
(b) 6 or 7.
(c) 3 or 4.
(d) 12 or 13.

11. What location does every prisoner at Auschwitz do their best to avoid?
(a) The camp kitchens.
(b) The camp clinic.
(c) The rock quarry.
(d) The latrines.

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

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

14. 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) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 14.

15. How many barrels for collecting human waste are allocated to 500 prisoners at Birkenau?
(a) 24.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What food item do the Nazis provide to each prisoner that they say must last for the entirety of the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?

3. Including Yanek, how many prisoners are moved to the location that turns out to be a salt mine?

4. After standing in a minyan for a fellow prisoner's bar mitzvah, Yanek tells the young man that which fact is "all that matters" (134)?

5. About how many people are imprisoned within the Auschwitz concentration camp at the time Yanek and the others are moved to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp?

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