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Alan Gratz
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Prisoner B-3087 Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Alan Gratz
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings does Yanek have in the narrative?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. Which literary technique does Gratz use when he chooses the member of Yanek's family who will appear again at Plaszow labor camp?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Irony.
(d) Hyperbole.

3. What sort of weather is occurring during the trip Yanek and Oskar make outside past curfew in Chapter 4?
(a) Sleet.
(b) Rain.
(c) Snow.
(d) Wind.

4. Yanek entertains the family in Chapter 1 with the use of which object he had created himself?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A kazoo.
(c) A stage.
(d) A projector.

5. What happens to the man who runs into the street in an attempt to save the synagogue from damage in Chapter 2?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is unable to keep the flood at bay.
(c) He is unable to put out the flames.
(d) He is unable to scrub the graffiti from its walls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method do the Nazis use to transport Yanek and others when they are taken from the Krakow ghetto?

2. To what location does Yanek flee whenever the Rosenblum girls begin to argue too loudly in Yanek's family's apartment?

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

4. The protagonist goes by the name of Yanek, which is classified as what type of name?

5. What is Yanek's first sign that his parents may have been captured by the Nazis?

Short Essay Questions

1. After what event in the narrative does Yanek state, "If I had only known then what I know now, I would have run" (3)?

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

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

4. In Chapter 8, Yanek and his father begin to leave the pigeon coop each day for what purpose?

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

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

7. What message about the fear of the unknown is depicted within the novel and in what scene does the theme appear?

8. Who hides within the pigeon coop on the roof of Yanek's apartment building?

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

10. How does Gratz employ foreshadowing in association with Mina's wedding ring?

(see the answer keys)

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