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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old is Yanek when he reaches the Sachsenhausen concentration camp after being moved from Auschwitz?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

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

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

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

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

8. Including Yanek, how many prisoners are moved to the location that turns out to be a salt mine?
(a) 500.
(b) 20.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

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

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

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

12. 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) Write a poem.
(d) Drink a cup of water.

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

14. 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?
(a) One loaf of bread.
(b) Half a loaf of bread.
(c) One biscuit.
(d) A packet of gruel.

15. The term "Muselmann" (96) is used by prisoners to refer to a person with what condition?
(a) Shingles.
(b) Severe malnutrition.
(c) Rickets.
(d) Gout.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon arriving at the Trzebinia concentration camp, Yanek vows that he will not be killed without first taking what action?

2. The Sachsenhausen concentration camp's gates display the same motto as which other concentration camp in which Yanek has lived?

3. Into which of Yanek's limbs do the Nazis at Birkenau tattoo Yanek's prisoner number, B-3087?

4. What numerical term does Yanek use to describe the number of people who have died during the long train trip to Birkenau?

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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