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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. Once Yanek realizes that his parents have been captured by the Nazis, his pain soon turns to "a stirring of" (61) which emotion?
2. Who is Oskar?
3. In Chapter 4, Oskar relents and takes Yanek out past curfew to what type of location?
4. Which members of Yanek's family weep continually as they listen to the sound of shots outside the pigeon coop?
5. What advice does Yanek's family member at Plaszow repeat to him over and over?
Short Essay Questions
1. After what event in the narrative does Yanek state, "If I had only known then what I know now, I would have run" (3)?
2. Who is Amon Goeth?
3. How does Gratz employ foreshadowing in association with Mina's wedding ring?
4. In what year, month, and physical setting does the novel Prisoner B-3087 open?
5. How does Gratz depict a change in Yanek that occurs after he has his bar mitzvah?
6. How does Yanek contrast his own reaction to the closing of his school with the reactions of his peers?
7. In Chapter 8, Yanek and his father begin to leave the pigeon coop each day for what purpose?
8. What is Uncle Moshe's ultimate fate and how does Yanek discover it?
9. Who hides within the pigeon coop on the roof of Yanek's apartment building?
10. Which of Yanek's family members teaches him about the importance of remaining invisible?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Gratz’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of Prisoner B-3087. How does Gratz use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of messages central to the tenets of the work?
Essay Topic 2
How is the topic of propaganda treated within Prisoner B-3087 and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Gratz’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Prisoner B-3087.
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