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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 is NOT captured by the Nazis while waiting in line to buy bread?
(a) Dawid.
(b) Sala and Dawid's son.
(c) Sala.
(d) Sala and Dawid's daughter.

2. What is Yanek's first sign that his parents may have been captured by the Nazis?
(a) Uncle Abraham says he had seen them being led away.
(b) He finds a note they had left for him.
(c) He returns to the pigeon coop to find them missing.
(d) He believes he sees them being led away.

3. Oskar tells the rest of the family that the war that would come to be called World War II would last how long?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 6 months.

4. What sorts of objects does Oskar sell in his store before it is seized by Nazis?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Luggage.
(c) Baked goods.
(d) Sports equipment.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first boon Yanek receives as a result of finding money in Krakow?

3. Yanek entertains the family in Chapter 1 with the use of which object he had created himself?

4. When Chapter 6 arrives, how old is Yanek?

5. Yanek tells the reader in Chapter 6 that he would trade "a week's worth of rations" (37) for one serving of which food prepared by his mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who witnesses the capture of Yanek's parents?

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

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