Prisoner B-3087 Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How did the prisoners in Birkenau pass messages to one another? (from Chapters 16 - 18)

On the bottoms of shoes passed down the barracks at night.

With scraps of cloth tied to posts throughout the camp.

With morsels of bread using a secret code system.

Through the prisoners guarding the latrines during the day.

2.

What does Yanek find inside the red bandana in his barracks bed? (from Chapters 16 - 18)

A locket with a picture of a young man inside.

A wooden horse figurine.

A small diamond earring.

A diary of a prisoner who had been sent to the gas chambers.

3.

What advice does Uncle Moshe give Yanek in the Plaszów camp? (from Chapters 9 - 12)

To find a trustworthy friend and plot an escape under cover of night.

To never give a Nazi a reason to identify him personally and to survive at all costs.

To work hard and stand out in order to gain the good favor of the Nazis.

To ration is food each night so that he would have something to eat in the morning.

4.

What happens during the train ride to Dachau that Yanek sees as a potential opportunity? (from Chapters 27 - 30)

A man beside him dies, allowing Yanek to take the man's bread for himself.

An Allied army battalion moved past the train within shouting distance.

A bomb hits the train car containing their identification papers.

The ventilation grates are larger in the cattle car, allowing Yanek to slip out of the train.

5.

What does Yanek find during his pilfering through the ghetto on a work detail that helps him survive in Plaszów camp? (from Chapters 9 - 12)

A Nazi's diary that he uses as blackmail to escape the worst of the work in the camp.

A hidden supply of food that he rations each day.

A new pair of shoes to replace the ones he had lost when taken from the ghetto.

Money and diamonds sewn into his mothers old clothing.

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