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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 object does Yanek's family use to cover the small window in the pigeon coop?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A sheet.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A newspaper.

2. For what reason is Yanek's family unable to warm themselves while living in the rooftop pigeon coop?
(a) No one has a way to acquire matches.
(b) Smoke from a fire will overwhelm the small space.
(c) Smoke from a fire will give away their location.
(d) The heat from a fire would be too extreme within a small space.

3. Across the street from Yanek's family's apartment building lies what kind of temporary institution?
(a) A school.
(b) A post office.
(c) A census office.
(d) A hospital.

4. At what age does a young Jewish man prepare to have a bar mitzvah?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

5. When Chapter 6 arrives, how old is Yanek?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should remain in hiding within the pigeon coop?

2. Which prophet does Oskar name when pointing out the merits of Yanek's plan about the pigeon coop?

3. How many times per week do the Nazis conduct Resettlements in Yanek's city, as they are described in Chapter 6?

4. How much money does Yanek find during his work detail in the abandoned ghetto of Krakow?

5. How old is Yanek when his parents are captured and taken away by the Nazis?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When the Judenrat hold a meeting in Zgody Square, what announcement do they make?

4. 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.

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

6. How does Yanek contrast his own reaction to the closing of his school with the reactions of his peers?

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

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

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

10. After what event in the narrative does Yanek state, "If I had only known then what I know now, I would have run" (3)?

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