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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What breed of dog is used by the Nazis in charge of the Plaszow labor camp?

2. What does the German word "schnell" (64) mean when translated into English?

3. Uncle Moshe tells the rest of the family that Hitler had said that "The Jews" in Europe must" (2) take what action?

4. What is the first boon Yanek receives as a result of finding money in Krakow?

5. How much money does Yanek find during his work detail in the abandoned ghetto of Krakow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. On what occasion is Yanek permitted to return to his family's former apartment?

6. How does Gratz depict a change in Yanek that occurs after he has his bar mitzvah?

7. How does Yanek contrast his own reaction to the closing of his school with the reactions of his peers?

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

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

10. How does the theme of determination emerge within Yanek's journey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are sensory details used to strengthen the messages within Gratz’s novel Prisoner B-3087? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.

Essay Topic 2

Could Prisoner B-3087 be classified as a coming-of-age story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Prisoner B-3087 from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

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