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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. How many barrels for collecting human waste are allocated to 500 prisoners at Birkenau?
2. When Yanek arrives at the Birkenau concentration camp, he cries for the first time since the occurrence of which event?
3. What is NOT a physical characteristic of the prisoner who steps in to help Yanek support the weight of his fellow prisoner on the trip from Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen?
4. What is the name of the salt mine in which Yanek is put to work in 1943?
5. The young Polish boy in Chapter 15 shouts at the passing train passengers that they will soon be turned into what substance?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the novel's title?
2. Whose advice must Yanek ignore in order to make friends with Fred?
3. For what reason does Fred become unable to work?
4. What is the source of the strange sound Yanek hears during his first night at Auschwitz?
5. What scent does Yanek detect in the air when he is brought to the Birkenau death camp?
6. Which objects in the salt mine does Yanek consider aesthetically beautiful?
7. Discuss an instance when Gratz uses a literary device to indicate the preciousness of food.
8. What happens to the prisoner who is recognized by the others at the salt mine as a former member of the Judenrat?
9. How does the theme of collectivism arise within Yanek's arrival at Auschwitz?
10. What is different about Yanek's experience at Bergen-Belsen, in relation to his previous experiences with concentration camps?
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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