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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. Once a curfew was instituted in the ghetto, by what time of night were Jewish people required to be in their homes?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

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

3. At the end of Chapter 3, what action does Yanek take for the first time?
(a) He lies.
(b) He doubts his uncle's word.
(c) He curses.
(d) He doubts his father's word.

4. In Chapter 4, Oskar relents and takes Yanek out past curfew to what type of location?
(a) A cafeteria.
(b) A synagogue.
(c) A barn.
(d) A bakery.

5. Which group of Yanek's family members argues with Oskar about his estimate of the war's length?
(a) Yanek's brothers.
(b) Yanek's cousins.
(c) Yanek's grandparents.
(d) Yanek's uncles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of weather is occurring during the trip Yanek and Oskar make outside past curfew in Chapter 4?

2. To what location does Yanek flee whenever the Rosenblum girls begin to argue too loudly in Yanek's family's apartment?

3. When the Nazis come to Krakow and empty its hospitals, what do they do with the patients?

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

5. What is the name of Yanek's mother and Oskar's wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Gratz employ foreshadowing in association with Mina's wedding ring?

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. Which of Yanek's family members teaches him about the importance of remaining invisible?

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

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