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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. What is NOT something Yanek associates with his formerly safe and happy self?
2. How old is the younger Polish boy on the train platform who shouts at the passing train passengers that they will be transformed into a particular substance?
3. When another train passes the train on which Yanek is riding in Chapter 15, Yanek discovers that his train is heading toward which concentration camp?
4. The radio tower Yanek sees as he and the other prisoners approach the Sachsenhausen concentration camp is located in what city?
5. What is NOT a smell Yanek detects when he is placed into a cattle car at the beginning of Chapter 15?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to the men and boys accused of plotting escape from the Trzebinia and what proof does Yanek have of their innocence?
2. On which two occasions does Yanek vow to take every step he can "never to forget" (161) the atrocities committed during the Holocaust?
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. Discuss an instance in the novel when Yanek's determination to survive is apparent.
5. To what location is Yanek sent after he is removed from the Plaszow concentration camp?
6. Which objects in the salt mine does Yanek consider aesthetically beautiful?
7. What happens to Fred when he is unable to work?
8. How does the theme of collectivism arise within Yanek's arrival at Auschwitz?
9. Which qualities of new prisoners help Yanek to qualify certain individuals as such?
10. What ominous warning does an SS guard give to Yanek as he enters Auschwitz?
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
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Prisoner B-3087 and analyze Gratz’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
How is the theme of injustice portrayed within Prisoner B-3087? Examine Gratz's treatment of and messages regarding injustice throughout the work.
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