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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. To what location does Yanek flee whenever the Rosenblum girls begin to argue too loudly in Yanek's family's apartment?

2. The Nazis guarding Yanek and the others with him as they are removed from the Krakow ghetto are armed with which kind of weapons?

3. How many members of Yanek's family are living within the rooftop pigeon coop at the start of Chapter 7?

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

5. What is the name of Yanek's mother and Oskar's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Amon Goeth?

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

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

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

5. How does Gratz employ foreshadowing in association with Mina's wedding ring?

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

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

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

9. For what purpose is the bakery belonging to Aun Fela and Uncle Abraham secretly and altruistically used?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What message does Gratz send within the pages of Prisoner B-3087 concerning the link between oppression and brutality?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Gratz’s novel Prisoner B-3087. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

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