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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. One day when Yanek returns to the Plaszow labor camp, he is told that which member of his family is dead?
(a) Oskar.
(b) Uncle Moshe.
(c) Mina.
(d) Sala.

2. Which literary technique does Gratz use when he chooses the member of Yanek's family who will appear again at Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Irony.
(d) Metaphor.

3. What is the first boon Yanek receives as a result of finding money in Krakow?
(a) Half a loaf of bread.
(b) An orange.
(c) An egg.
(d) A stick of butter.

4. Which member of Yanek's family is NOT captured by the Nazis while waiting in line to buy bread?
(a) Dawid.
(b) Sala and Dawid's daughter.
(c) Sala.
(d) Sala and Dawid's son.

5. What breed of dog is used by the Nazis in charge of the Plaszow labor camp?
(a) German Shepherd.
(b) Doberman.
(c) Pit Bull.
(d) Rottweiler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method do the Nazis use to transport Yanek and others when they are taken from the Krakow ghetto?

2. Which prophet does Oskar name when pointing out the merits of Yanek's plan about the pigeon coop?

3. Which member of Yanek's family feels most strongly that the family should remain in hiding within the pigeon coop?

4. Yanek entertains the family in Chapter 1 with the use of which object he had created himself?

5. How old is Yanek when his parents are captured and taken away by the Nazis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who hides within the pigeon coop on the roof of Yanek's apartment building?

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 Chapter 8, Yanek and his father begin to leave the pigeon coop each day for what purpose?

5. Who is Amon Goeth?

6. Who witnesses the capture of Yanek's parents?

7. Which of Yanek's family members teaches him about the importance of remaining invisible?

8. What is Uncle Moshe's ultimate fate and how does Yanek discover it?

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

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

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