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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. Which character is the first to greet Yanek and Oskar at the location to which they go after curfew?
(a) Aunt Fela.
(b) Uncle Moshe.
(c) Uncle Abraham.
(d) Mina.

2. Oskar bases his estimate of the war's length on his faith in which country's impending resolve to enter the war?
(a) The United States.
(b) France.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Poland.

3. What is Yanek's first sign that his parents may have been captured by the Nazis?
(a) He believes he sees them being led away.
(b) Uncle Abraham says he had seen them being led away.
(c) He returns to the pigeon coop to find them missing.
(d) He finds a note they had left for him.

4. In what city does the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 open?
(a) Paris.
(b) Krakow.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Brussels.

5. How many members of Yanek's family are living within the rooftop pigeon coop at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Oskar?

2. Yanek's prisoner uniform features stripes in which two colors?

3. Which member of Yanek's family owns a bakery?

4. During the two days of Deportation in Krakow, how many thousands of Jewish people are taken away by the Nazis?

5. The Nazis make it a rule in Yanek's neighborhood in 1941 that how many families must live within each apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yanek acquire 2,000 units of the currency called zloty?

2. In what year, month, and physical setting does the novel Prisoner B-3087 open?

3. After what event in the narrative does Yanek state, "If I had only known then what I know now, I would have run" (3)?

4. In what way does Gratz demonstrate the importance of religious beliefs and traditions within Yanek's family?

5. In what way does Yanek discover that his Uncle Moshe is alive?

6. How and why does Yanek lose trust in his father Oskar's word?

7. What message about the fear of the unknown is depicted within the novel and in what scene does the theme appear?

8. Who is Amon Goeth?

9. What terrible news does Uncle Moshe deliver to Yanek?

10. What possible career path does Yanek imagine for himself within the opening chapters of the novel?

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