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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. Which past tense verb do the Nazis use when threatening to take action regarding the Jewish ghetto of Krakow?
2. Yanek states that "Amon Goeth wouldn't have" which meal "each day until he'd killed at least one Jew" (72)?
3. What happens to the community synagogue in Yanek's neighborhood?
4. In Chapter 4, Oskar relents and takes Yanek out past curfew to what type of location?
5. Which member of Yanek's family owns a bakery?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who witnesses the capture of Yanek's parents?
2. In what way does Yanek discover that his Uncle Moshe is alive?
3. How does Gratz depict a change in Yanek that occurs after he has his bar mitzvah?
4. When the Judenrat hold a meeting in Zgody Square, what announcement do they make?
5. Who is Amon Goeth?
6. What message about the fear of the unknown is depicted within the novel and in what scene does the theme appear?
7. How and why does Yanek lose trust in his father Oskar's word?
8. What is Uncle Moshe's ultimate fate and how does Yanek discover it?
9. In what year, month, and physical setting does the novel Prisoner B-3087 open?
10. On what occasion is Yanek permitted to return to his family's former apartment?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how and why Gratz instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Prisoner B-3087.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Prisoner B-3087 and one of the novel's main messages. How does Gratz make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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