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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. Which building in the now-abandoned ghetto of Krakow is Yanek assigned to clean after being taken there to work?

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

3. How many siblings does Yanek have in the narrative?

4. What sort of weather is occurring during the trip Yanek and Oskar make outside past curfew in Chapter 4?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

7. When the Judenrat hold a meeting in Zgody Square, what announcement do they make?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Gratz’s novel Prisoner B-3087. What message is Gratz sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why Gratz instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Prisoner B-3087.

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