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- 1. Multiple Choice
What country did Yanek live in?
Germany
Poland
Scotland
America
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the currency (money) used in Poland?
Dollar
Zloty
Peso
Shilling
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is a Judenrat?
A rat that lived in the ghetto
A curse word the Nazis called the Jews
A Jew that Nazis said was related to a rat
A Jewish police officer that had to take orders from a Nazi soldier
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why wasn’t Yanek allowed outside when living in the ghetto?
He wasn't old enough
He had to stay inside to help his family
Anyone could be forced to join work gangs and never seen again
He would be shot on site.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Where did Yanek and his father sneak out one night?
to escape the ghetto
to find help
to Uncle Abraham's bakery
to sell fish for extra money
- 6. Multiple Choice
What religion was Yanek?
Jewish
Christian
Buddhist
Muslim
- 7. Multiple Choice
Yanek's father insists that the war will be over soon. Outside events are getting worse. Yanek is starting to...
believe his father.
enjoy being around his uncle more.
become angry with his father.
doubt his father.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is a bar mitzvah?
A birthday party
ceremony for becoming a man
Learning to read Hebrew
a Jewish book
- 9. Multiple Choice
What were Jews forced to wear when the Nazi's invaded their towns?
Swastika armband
Star of David
A Jewish hat
chains
- 10. Multiple Choice
What advice did Uncle Moshe give Yanek?
Make as many friends as you can to survive
Be friendly and have conversations with the Kapos
Share your food with others to help them survive too
Don't stand out, keep to yourself, and keep your head down
- 11. Multiple Choice
What idea did Yanek have that his family agreed to?
Bribe the Judenrats with money to get them to safety
Run away at night from the ghetto to America
Live in the pigeon coop on the roof to stay safe
Lock the doors when the Nazi's came knocking for them
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is a Muselmann?
A weak man, close to death
a muscular man who is ready to fight
a Nazi soldier who beat Yanek
a type of Jewish bread
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is a kapo?
a type of Jewish game
a Nazi soldier
a Jewish prisoner who is in charge of other prisoners
a guard who worked at the gates of a Jewish ghetto
- 14. Multiple Choice
This book is based on a true story.
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
At the Buchenwald Concentration camp, what was added to the camp for the guards and their families?
A concert hall
A restaurant
A zoo
A school
- 16. Multiple Choice
In the Gross-Rosen Concentration camp, Yanek received 20 lashes for losing his
button
hat
bread
shoes
- 17. Multiple Choice
On the death march between the Gross-Rosen Concentration camp and Dachau Concentration camp, the group went through part of Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic). What was different about this country?
People left bread and other food out for the prisoners
There were no Nazi flags displayed
The prison guards were on edge
All of the above
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is a Torah?
A Jewish recipe
the Jewish law of God used in Jewish religion
a type of punishment used in the concentration camps
a special type of Nazi soldier
- 19. Multiple Choice
Who surprisingly shared bread with Yanek when he had none?
Amon Goeth
Alan Gratz
Uncle Moshe
Moonface
- 20. Multiple Choice
What is a synagogue?
a concentration camp
the name of a Jewish ghetto
a Jewish place of religious worship
none of the above
- 21. Multiple Choice
What did the Nazi's constantly tell the Jewish prisoners?
Money will keep you alive
Work makes you free
Fighting will help you survive
Freedom comes at a price
- 22. Multiple Choice
Who is the character Yanek based on in real life?
Alan Gratz
Fred Tatarka
Amon Goeth
Jack Gruener
- 23. Multiple Choice
Why do the prisoners begin getting transported by marching by foot rather than in train cars?
The trains were needed for the war
The trains broke down and couldn't be used
The Nazi's thought it would be a fun journey to have the prisoners walk
The train cars needed to be cleaned after the last set of transports
- 24. Multiple Choice
What is the main source of food that kept Yanek alive?
meaty soup
pasta
vegetables
bread
- 25. Multiple Choice
What is the number one theme of the story?
Friendship
Survival
Religion
Love
- 26. Multiple Choice
Why are the soldiers not afraid the prisoners will try and escape the salt mines?
They are guarding all of the tunnels
They don't care if they escape
It's pitch black and they will not make it out alive if they get lost
There are bombs set in the empty tunnels
- 27. Multiple Choice
What happens when one prisoner tries to revolt against the Nazis?
The Nazi's punish that prisoner in front of all the others to teach a lesson
They whip the prisoner as punishment and give them extra work
They yell at the prisoners and make them all work extra
The Nazi's will kill the prisoner and other prisoners to teach a lesson
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