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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what season of the year are Yanek and the other prisoners at Auschwitz moved to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

3. The "Sachsenhausen salute" involves torturing a prisoner by forcing him to remain in what type of position for hours at a time without moving?
(a) A kneeling position.
(b) A squatting position.
(c) A standing position.
(d) A seated position.

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

5. In Chapter 17, after Yanek verbally surrenders to death inside the gas chamber, what substance comes out of the showerhead instead of gas?
(a) Water.
(b) Rust.
(c) Steam.
(d) Milk.

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

7. Yanek recalls being told by an SS guard upon his entry into Auschwitz that the only way to get out of the camp involved which object?
(a) A bullet.
(b) A noose.
(c) A chimney.
(d) A miracle.

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

9. At the end of Chapter 19, Yanek thinks he may be losing his mind when he hears the sound of what?
(a) Bombing.
(b) Singing.
(c) His mother's voice.
(d) Ocean waves.

10. What is Yanek's first sign that Fred has contracted an illness?
(a) He vomits.
(b) He cannot get out of bed.
(c) He wakes up bathed in sweat.
(d) He is slower at chopping wood than he normally is.

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

12. Though Yanek knows that he is still a young man when he arrives at Auschwitz, he declares that he appears to be a man of what age?
(a) 60.
(b) 80.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

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

14. The radio tower Yanek sees as he and the other prisoners approach the Sachsenhausen concentration camp is located in what city?
(a) Brussels.
(b) Paris.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Berlin.

15. What substance is found to have been placed within the wounds of the man claiming to have the last name of Finkelstein?
(a) Motor oil.
(b) Lemon juice.
(c) Salt.
(d) Salve.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yanek reaches the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, he must sleep in a single bunk with how many other men?

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

3. When Yanek is placed into a queue at the beginning of Chapter 17 and he hears screams up ahead, what happens when it is his turn?

4. How old is the younger Polish boy on the train platform who shouts at the passing train passengers that they will be transformed into a particular substance?

5. How many barrels for collecting human waste are allocated to 500 prisoners at Birkenau?

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