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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. For how many hours does Yanek remain inside the motionless cattle car while the other cars are loaded with Jewish people?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 24.
(d) 12.

2. In what year does Yanek arrive at the Auschwitz concentration camp?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1944.

3. In what year does Yanek arrive at the Sachsenhausen camp?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1943.

4. When Yanek reaches the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, he must sleep in a single bunk with how many other men?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. What food item do the Nazis provide to each prisoner that they say must last for the entirety of the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?
(a) A packet of gruel.
(b) One biscuit.
(c) Half a loaf of bread.
(d) One loaf of bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT something Yanek associates with his formerly safe and happy self?

2. Yanek recalls being told by an SS guard upon his entry into Auschwitz that the only way to get out of the camp involved which object?

3. In what year is Yanek moved to the Trzebinia concentration camp?

4. What substance is found to have been placed within the wounds of the man claiming to have the last name of Finkelstein?

5. What name do the prisoners at Birkenau bestow upon the new addition to camp that is officially called "new camp B III" (136)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What morning routine does Yanek develop during his time imprisoned in Birkenau and why does he consider the routine important?

5. Which objects in the salt mine does Yanek consider aesthetically beautiful?

6. What happens to the men and boys accused of plotting escape from the Trzebinia and what proof does Yanek have of their innocence?

7. Discuss an instance in the novel when Yanek's determination to survive is apparent.

8. Discuss an instance when Gratz uses a literary device to indicate the preciousness of food.

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

10. Which qualities of new prisoners help Yanek to qualify certain individuals as such?

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