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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. Once Yanek's first dawn arrives at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Yanek sees that the camp is littered with what?
(a) Personal effects of the dead.
(b) Shell casings.
(c) Corpses.
(d) Nazi flags.

2. At the end of Chapter 14, a young boy is punished in what way when he is falsely accused of trying to escape?
(a) He is publicly hung.
(b) He is not fed for one week.
(c) He is beaten.
(d) He is shot.

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

4. What are the two different colors of stripes on the prisoners' uniforms at Auschwitz?
(a) Black and white.
(b) White and gray.
(c) Blue and red.
(d) Blue and gray.

5. 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) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Sachsenhausen concentration camp's gates display the same motto as which other concentration camp in which Yanek has lived?

2. What item does Yanek lose while providing assistance to another prisoner on the journey from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?

3. With what object is the man beaten to death after it is determined that his name is not really Finkelstein?

4. The "Sachsenhausen salute" involves torturing a prisoner by forcing him to remain in what type of position for hours at a time without moving?

5. In what year does Yanek arrive at the Auschwitz concentration camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. To what location is Yanek sent after he is removed from the Plaszow concentration camp?

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

6. Whose advice must Yanek ignore in order to make friends with Fred?

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

8. How does the theme of collectivism arise within Yanek's arrival at Auschwitz?

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

10. What distinction does Yanek make between the Trzebinia concentration camp and the other camps in which he has been imprisoned?

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