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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which past tense verb do the Nazis use when threatening to take action regarding the Jewish ghetto of Krakow?
(a) Liquidated.
(b) Destroyed.
(c) Razed.
(d) Incinerated.

2. Uncle Moshe tells the rest of the family that Hitler had said that "The Jews" in Europe must" (2) take what action?
(a) Die.
(b) Disappear.
(c) Submit.
(d) Surrender.

3. Which building in the now-abandoned ghetto of Krakow is Yanek assigned to clean after being taken there to work?
(a) His family's former apartment building.
(b) A school.
(c) A hospital.
(d) An art museum.

4. By the time Yanek's parents are seized by the Nazis, Yanek has been assigned a work detail in what kind of shop?
(a) A butcher shop.
(b) A shoemaker shop.
(c) A sundries shop.
(d) A tailor shop.

5. In what city does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?
(a) Paris.
(b) Brussels.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Krakow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "panzer," (7) according to Yanek?

2. Who is Amon Goeth?

3. What does the German word "schnell" (64) mean when translated into English?

4. What sound causes Yanek's mother to nearly scream and give away the family's location in the pigeon coop?

5. Yanek's prisoner uniform features stripes in which two colors?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who hides within the pigeon coop on the roof of Yanek's apartment building?

2. In what way does Yanek discover that his Uncle Moshe is alive?

3. What possible career path does Yanek imagine for himself within the opening chapters of the novel?

4. How does Yanek acquire 2,000 units of the currency called zloty?

5. How does Gratz depict a change in Yanek that occurs after he has his bar mitzvah?

6. What message about the fear of the unknown is depicted within the novel and in what scene does the theme appear?

7. In Chapter 8, Yanek and his father begin to leave the pigeon coop each day for what purpose?

8. For what purpose is the bakery belonging to Aun Fela and Uncle Abraham secretly and altruistically used?

9. In what way does Gratz demonstrate the importance of religious beliefs and traditions within Yanek's family?

10. How and why does Yanek lose trust in his father Oskar's word?

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