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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. The man who claims to have the last name of Finkelstein turns out to have inhabited which position in the past?
(a) A tailor.
(b) A Judenrat police officer.
(c) A kapo.
(d) An SS guard.

2. Whose advice is Yanek ignoring when he forms a close friendship with Fred?
(a) Oskar's.
(b) Uncle Abraham's.
(c) Mina's.
(d) Uncle Moshe's.

3. The young Polish boy in Chapter 15 shouts at the passing train passengers that they will soon be turned into what substance?
(a) Vapor.
(b) Glue.
(c) Soap.
(d) Paste.

4. When Yanek makes his way to the front of the line to see Dr. Mengle at Auschwitz, how old does he claim to be?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

5. When new prisoners are brought to Auschwitz in Chapter 19, a long-time prisoner whispers to them that any children among them should claim to be what age?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a physical characteristic of the prisoner who steps in to help Yanek support the weight of his fellow prisoner on the trip from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?

2. How old had Yanek been when World War II had begun?

3. For what length of time is Yanek imprisoned at the Birkenau concentration camp before being moved to Auschwitz?

4. Once Yanek finds out where his train is headed in Chapter 15, a man nearby gives Yanek advice about what topic?

5. When Yanek has the urge to strike the prisoner he has just helped, what does he do instead?

Short Essay Questions

1. What small moment of triumph does Yanek experience during the transition from Auschwitz to another concentration camp?

2. On which two occasions does Yanek vow to take every step he can "never to forget" (161) the atrocities committed during the Holocaust?

3. What scent does Yanek detect in the air when he is brought to the Birkenau death camp?

4. What happens to Fred when he is unable to work?

5. How does Yanek find out that the train's destination is Birkenau before the train arrives there?

6. For what reason does Fred become unable to work?

7. For what purpose do the Nazis use cattle cars and in what way is their use symbolic?

8. How does the theme of altruism arise within the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?

9. What ominous warning does an SS guard give to Yanek as he enters Auschwitz?

10. What is the source of the strange sound Yanek hears during his first night at Auschwitz?

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