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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 water.
(b) The cattle car has begun to fill up with smoke.
(c) The man standing next to him has died.
(d) He can no longer feel his own feet.

2. The young Polish boy in Chapter 15 shouts at the passing train passengers that they will soon be turned into what substance?
(a) Paste.
(b) Vapor.
(c) Soap.
(d) Glue.

3. 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?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Firewood.
(d) Bricks.

4. The Sachsenhausen concentration camp's gates display the same motto as which other concentration camp in which Yanek has lived?
(a) Wieliczka.
(b) Bergen-Belsen.
(c) Plaszow.
(d) Auschwitz.

5. Once Yanek's first dawn arrives at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Yanek sees that the camp is littered with what?
(a) Shell casings.
(b) Personal effects of the dead.
(c) Nazi flags.
(d) Corpses.

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) Steam.
(b) Water.
(c) Milk.
(d) Rust.

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

8. At the end of Chapter 18, Yanek has a dream that which person is chasing him?
(a) Amon Goethe.
(b) Adolf Hitler.
(c) Uncle Moshe.
(d) Dr. Mengele.

9. What item does Yanek lose while providing assistance to another prisoner on the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?
(a) A Star of David armband.
(b) A hunk of bread.
(c) A key.
(d) A wooden toy.

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) 3 or 4.
(c) 12 or 13.
(d) 6 or 7.

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

12. 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) Treblinka.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) Birkenau.

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

14. 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.

15. 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 mother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. When new prisoners are brought to Auschwitz in Chapter 19, a long-time prisoner whispers to them that any children among them should claim to be what age?

3. 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?

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

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

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