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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 member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should come out of hiding?
(a) Sala.
(b) Uncle Moshe.
(c) Uncle Abraham.
(d) Yanek.

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

3. The narrative of the novel starts at the beginning of what month?
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) September.
(d) November.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Amon Goeth?

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

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

5. Yanek's visit to which location saves him from his parents' fate of being taken by the Nazis?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

6. What terrible news does Uncle Moshe deliver to Yanek?

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

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

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

10. How is foreshadowing used within the opening passage of the novel?

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