Prisoner B-3087 Chapters 1-5

Who is telling the events in the story and what point of view is the story being told from?

• Yanek is telling the story, so it is written in first person point of view.

• Yanek is telling the story, so it is written in third person point of view.

• The narrator is telling the story, so it is written in first person point of view.

• The narrator is telling the story, so it is written in third person point of view.

Which piece of evidence supports the conflict in the story?

• “The Jews must disappear from Europe” That’s what Hitler said,“ Uncle Moshe said reaching for another pastry.

• “The British and the French have already declared war on him,” my father said. “Soon the Americans will join them. They won’t let Germany roll over all of Europe.”

• “The Nazis won’t be so bad,” an old Polish woman on the sidewalk next to me said as I watched them. “I remember the Germans from the World War. They were very nice people.”

• “Winter was coming, and the men and women in line held their coats tight around them and stamped their feet to stay warm.”

“The Jews must disappear from Europe.’ That’s what Hitler said. Based on Hitler’s statement, what can you infer about his feelings toward Jews?

• It can be inferred that Hitler has negative feelings toward Jews because he is threatening them.

• It can be inferred that Hitler is helping the Jews by warning them to hide.

• It can be inferred that Hitler has negative feelings toward only Jews who live in Germany.

• It can be inferred that Hitler wants to play hide-and-go-seek with the Jews.

In chapter one, Yanek uses a slide projector to put on a show for his family and is interrupted by news on the radio that Germany had reached Krakow. Based on this information, what can you infer about the setting of the story?

• The story takes place in the present because Yanek used a projector and had a radio to get his news.

• The story takes place in the past because Yanek used a projector and had a radio to get his news.

• The story takes place in the future because Yanek used a projector and had a radio to get his news.

• The story is in the fantasy world because the events could not happen in real life.

Which evidence proves that the Nazis wanted to make the lives of the Jews miserable?

• School was cancelled for Jews only.

• Jews were not allowed to go to parks, cinemas, or the library.

• People who were not Jews were discouraged from interacting with Jews.

• All of the above

“This will all be over by summer,” my father told us. “We’ll just have to make do until then.” he was my father, and I wanted to believe him, but I wasn’t so sure anymore. It was January 1941. The Germans ruled Krakow. I was twelve years old. And for the first time in my life, I had begun to doubt my father.

What can be inferred about Yanek through his thoughts?

• He no longer trusts his father’s opinion because of all the events that continue to happen.

• He wants his father to stop making comments about things getting better.

• He believes the war will be over soon, just like his father

• He believes his father is a liar.

After the apartment search, Yanek finds a pigeon coop on the roof to hide his family. He stated, “There. No one will ever be able to break in again.” What does this reveal about him?

• Yanek’s actions and words reveal that he is afraid of the Nazis.

• Yanek’s actions and words reveal that he is planning to hide in the pigeon coop and never come out.

• Yanek’s actions and words reveal that he is happy to be out of the cramped apartment with the other families.

• Yanek’s actions and words reveal that he feels more safe and protected in the pigeon coop and will continue to find ways to protect his family from danger.

Why didn’t father try to put out the fire or go outside to help?

• He was asleep.

• He didn't care about the fire.

• Any Jew out past curfew was shot.

• Yanek begged him not to.

What is a Judenrat?

• A Jewish police officer that had to take orders from a Nazi soldier

• A Jew that the Nazis said was related to a rat

• A rat that lived among the Jewish apartments

• The curse word the Nazis called the Jews

Why did Yanek’s family have their apartment raided?

• The Nazis knew they were hiding a refugee

• The Nazis heard they had stolen bread

• The Nazis were taking all their valuables

• The Nazis were taking them to concentration camps