Chapters 7-16 Quiz: 2020

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34 questions
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After the raid occurs in Yanek's apartment building, what do the people begin to do with the Immerglick's belongings?

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What did the Nazis do to the people who were sick and in the hospital?

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In Chapter 8, where was Yanek able to get a job in the ghetto?

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Who did Yanek think that he saw in the line of Jews being led to be deported by the Nazis?

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After arriving at the concentration camp in Chapter 9, who does Yanek recognize?

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What happened on the day that Yanek decided to stop by a friend’s apartment on the way home from work detail?

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What was Amon Goeth’s tradition before he had breakfast each day?

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What advice did Uncle Moshe give to Yanek to help him survive in the concentration camp?

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What did the score “Goeth seven, Jews nil” mean?

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What did Uncle Moshe do with the money Yanek gave him?

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According to Yanek, what is a Muselmann?

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Why did Uncle Moshe's death jeopardize the life of our narrator?

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What did Yanek find as he struggled on the floor to try to get up to his bunk after a grueling day of laboring to dig trenches for latrines?

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In the following sentence, what is the most likely meaning of “labyrinth”?

“The elevator car hit bottom, and we were guided through a labyrinth of tunnels and small chambers.”

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Yanek and several other prisoners believe that a man that is with them in the salt mines looks familiar. Why did the familiar-looking man keep denying where he was from and what his name was?

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At Trzebinia, what was the task assigned to the Jews after they labored to move all the big rocks to the other side?

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What happened to the Jew who had the same thought as Yanek did and grabbed the club away from the Nazi who was beating him?

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What else happened as a result of the man trying to stand up to the Nazi official?

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What does Yanek do when the boy gets hung in front of everyone for his "role" in the uprising against the Nazi official?

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What does Yanek find in the ghetto when he goes back to help liquidate it?

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Why do Thomas, Isaac, and Yanek become fearful that they may die in the barracks?

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Why would it be a bad idea for the prisoners to try to escape in the salt mine?

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How does the Judenrat die?

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What does Yanek actually enjoy seeing in the salt mine?

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What does Yanek take away from the boy that was hung when he said, "Remember, I did nothing"?

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What gift from “mother nature” helped Yanek while riding in the cattle car on the way to Birkenau?

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What are barracks?

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The man on the cattle car gives Yanek some advice on what to do when they get to Birkenau. What does this man say?

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Why can't the prisoners on the cattle car go immediately into Birkenau when the train arrives?

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What smell does Yanek recognize immediatley upon entering Birkenau?

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Describe Yanek’s introduction to Commandant Amon Goeth after arriving at the concentration camp.

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Why did Yanek think Trzebinia was worse than Wieliczka (the salt mines)?

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Describe the conditions of the cattle car that Yanek and the prisoners travel in. Why would the Nazis transport the Jewish prisoners using this method?

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Describe how Birkenau is different than the other concentration camps that Yanek has been at.