Prisoner B-3087 Ch 19-22

Yanek says that the new prisoners believed all the lies they Nazis told them. He says they "bought it hook, line, and sinker". What type of figurative language is this?

• personification

• allusion

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

What significance does is have that Yanek sees British fighter planes overhead?

• The planes might bomb the camp.

• The British are arriving to fight back against Germany.

• The British are there to help the Germans collect more Jews.

• The plane is not significant to the story.

Mengle sorted the Jews at Auschwitz by their:

• Age

• Gender

• Size

• Ability to do work

Why were the women signing at the camp?

• to keep the young children quiet

• to soothe the fears of those going to the gas chamber

• to make noise so the kapos wouldn't know what they were up to

• to send secret messages to the men

Based on Chapters 21-22 one can conclude that...

• Yanek will be repaid for his kindness

• Yanek will not survive the war

• All Jewish populations are in Auschwitz

• The war may soon be over because of the help of the Allies

Which statement is an opinion?

• Another small mercy. Or perhaps they too had missed the way the world had been before the war.

• One of the prisoners began to sing.

• I tensed, sure one of the soldiers would shoot him, but they let him continue.

• The Pole beside me began to sing, and I recognized the song.

Which statement contains a cause-effect relationship?

• I found myself walking next to a boy about my age.

• The boy tripped and stumbled into me, and I caught him.

• Each step I took was harder than the last.

• Surely someone else had to feel the same way.

When he arrived at Auschwitz, Yanek said he was 18, healthy, and his trade was...

• Clerk

• Student

• Bricklayer

• Carpenter

Yanek and Fred were able to have extra bread because...

• the kapo snuck them extra rations

• they gave the kapo zloty

• another prisoner snuck them food

• they took it from the dead man's pocket

Yanek tries to stand up to the kapo to help Fred when he is sick.

• True

• False