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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. Yanek's first assigned task after he is moved to the Trzebinia concentration camp is to move a pile of what objects from one site to another?

2. What substance is found to have been placed within the wounds of the man claiming to have the last name of Finkelstein?

3. What location does every prisoner at Auschwitz do their best to avoid?

4. What is the name of the salt mine in which Yanek is put to work in 1943?

5. Once Yanek finds out where his train is headed in Chapter 15, a man nearby gives Yanek advice about what topic?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the theme of collectivism arise within Yanek's arrival at Auschwitz?

2. Which qualities of new prisoners help Yanek to qualify certain individuals as such?

3. At what point do Yanek and the other new arrivals to the Birkenau death camp realize that they have been spared for the moment?

4. What happens to the men and boys accused of plotting escape from the Trzebinia and what proof does Yanek have of their innocence?

5. What is the source of the strange sound Yanek hears during his first night at Auschwitz?

6. Whose advice must Yanek ignore in order to make friends with Fred?

7. For what reason does Fred become unable to work?

8. What small moment of triumph does Yanek experience during the transition from Auschwitz to another concentration camp?

9. What is different about Yanek's experience at Bergen-Belsen, in relation to his previous experiences with concentration camps?

10. To what location is Yanek sent after he is removed from the Plaszow concentration camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What messages does Gratz send about courage within the novel and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Choose an object from Prisoner B-3087, such as the Star of David armband, the rooftop door, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

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