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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. What breed of dog is used by the Nazis in charge of the Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Rottweiler.
(b) Pit Bull.
(c) Doberman.
(d) German Shepherd.

2. What method do the Nazis use to transport Yanek and others when they are taken from the Krakow ghetto?
(a) Truck.
(b) Train.
(c) Caravan.
(d) On foot.

3. How many times per week do the Nazis conduct Resettlements in Yanek's city, as they are described in Chapter 6?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.

4. Yanek entertains the family in Chapter 1 with the use of which object he had created himself?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A projector.
(c) A kazoo.
(d) A stage.

5. The Nazis guarding Yanek and the others with him as they are removed from the Krakow ghetto are armed with which kind of weapons?
(a) Machine guns.
(b) Pistols.
(c) Machetes.
(d) Bayonets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which building in the now-abandoned ghetto of Krakow is Yanek assigned to clean after being taken there to work?

2. Once a curfew was instituted in the ghetto, by what time of night were Jewish people required to be in their homes?

3. Which member of Yanek's family owns a bakery?

4. Which members of Yanek's family weep continually as they listen to the sound of shots outside the pigeon coop?

5. Which member of Yanek's family is he overjoyed to locate within the Plaszow labor camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Uncle Moshe's ultimate fate and how does Yanek discover it?

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

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

6. Describe an instance when Gratz makes it clear that adaptability is a crucial skill for any Jewish person living in Nazi-occupied parts of Europe.

7. In what year, month, and physical setting does the novel Prisoner B-3087 open?

8. On what occasion is Yanek permitted to return to his family's former apartment?

9. How does the theme of determination emerge within Yanek's journey?

10. Who is Amon Goeth?

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