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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Yanek arrives at the Birkenau concentration camp, he cries for the first time since the occurrence of which event?
(a) The death of his Uncle Moshe.
(b) The death of his former bunkmate.
(c) The capture of his father.
(d) The capture of his mother.

2. What action does Yanek take as he eats Fred's bread on the evening immediately following Fred's murder?
(a) He closes his eyes.
(b) He folds his hands.
(c) He says a kaddish.
(d) He whispers quietly to Fred's spirit.

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

4. In what year is Yanek moved to the Trzebinia concentration camp?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1947.

5. 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.

6. 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) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

8. 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) Bricks.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Firewood.

9. 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) Head.
(b) Back.
(c) Elbow.
(d) Shoulder.

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

11. 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?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 1,500.

12. 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?
(a) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

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

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) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

15. 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) Rust.
(c) Water.
(d) Milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the long train journey Yanek experiences in Chapter 15, he wakes up to discover that what event has taken place?

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

3. In what year does Yanek arrive at the Sachsenhausen camp?

4. What is NOT a smell Yanek detects when he is placed into a cattle car at the beginning of Chapter 15?

5. In what year does Yanek arrive at the Auschwitz concentration camp?

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