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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 is the first boon Yanek receives as a result of finding money in Krakow?
(a) A stick of butter.
(b) An orange.
(c) An egg.
(d) Half a loaf of bread.

2. Which prophet does Oskar name when pointing out the merits of Yanek's plan about the pigeon coop?
(a) Ezekiel.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Isaiah.

3. 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) Pistols.
(b) Machetes.
(c) Machine guns.
(d) Bayonets.

4. Which literary technique does Gratz use when he chooses the member of Yanek's family who will appear again at Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Irony.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. What type of structure becomes a home for Yanek and his family beginning in Chapter 5?
(a) An underground bunker.
(b) A utility room.
(c) A custodial closet.
(d) A pigeon coop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Oskar?

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

3. What happens to the community synagogue in Yanek's neighborhood?

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

5. At the end of Chapter 3, what action does Yanek take for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In what way does Gratz demonstrate the importance of religious beliefs and traditions within Yanek's family?

9. Who is Amon Goeth?

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

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