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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two different colors of stripes on the prisoners' uniforms at Auschwitz?
(a) Blue and red.
(b) Blue and gray.
(c) Black and white.
(d) White and gray.

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

3. Yanek finds within his bunk at Birkenau a small toy resembling what creature?
(a) A dog.
(b) A horse.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A frog.

4. When Yanek helps a fellow prisoner to continue on with the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen, what body part of the prisoner's does Yanek prop up onto his own body?
(a) Back.
(b) Shoulder.
(c) Elbow.
(d) Head.

5. For how many hours does Yanek remain inside the motionless cattle car while the other cars are loaded with Jewish people?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 24.
(d) 6.

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

7. When Yanek arrives at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Chapter 24, it is his seventh concentration camp in "less than" how many "years" (196)?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

9. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the new addition to camp that is officially called "new camp B III" (136)?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Baja.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Haiti.

10. 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 seated position.
(b) A standing position.
(c) A squatting position.
(d) A kneeling position.

11. How old had Yanek been when World War II had begun?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

12. As Yanek consumes snow from the cattle car's ventilation grate, he has a moment of longing for which of his late family members?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

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

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

15. In what year does Yanek arrive at the Auschwitz concentration camp?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yanek's first assigned task after he is moved to the Trzebinia concentration camp is to move a pile of what objects from one site to another?

2. At the start of Chapter 19, Yanek states that when he gets to Auschwitz, he is how old?

3. What item does Yanek lose while providing assistance to another prisoner on the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?

4. Yanek is able to obtain what item of clothing at Birkenau that he considers crucial for his survival?

5. The term "Muselmann" (96) is used by prisoners to refer to a person with what condition?

(see the answer keys)

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