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Prisoner B-3087 Reading Quiz 25-27

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

What interesting attraction was part of the Buchenwald concentration camp?

a)

A rodeo

b)

A zoo

c)

A horse barn

d)

A pond with ducks and geese

2.

Who was the cruelest person at this camp?

a)

The man with acne scars

b)

The camp's commandant

c)

The Judenrat prisoners

d)

The commandant's wife

3.

Why did the Witch of Buchenwald single out one of the prisoners?

a)

Because she didn't like him

b)

Because he had a crescent moon tattoo

c)

Because he talked back to her and called her a witch

d)

He had sloshed muddy water on her dress by accident

4.

What words best describe Yanek's reaction and outlook towards death at this point in the book?

a)

Desensitized and indifferent

b)

Appalled and shocked

c)

Melancholy and sullen

d)

Ominous and foreboding

5.

What are the contradictory internal conflicts that Yanek faces each time he travels to and arrives at a new camp?

a)

To try to escape or not

b)

To save food or not

c)

To fight off the cruel soldiers or not

d)

To wish to die or struggle to survive

6.

What did Yanek do to deserve twenty lashes from the kapo?

a)

He fell over on the train ride there

b)

He asked for more soup

c)

He lost a button

d)

He spent too long in the latrines

7.

Why did he receive more than 20 lashes?

a)

He cried out in pain while he was whipped

b)

He mispronounced the German word for eleven

c)

He refused to cry out in pain

d)

He tried to run away from the lashings

8.

Yanek said there was one things that if you kept care of it, you could survive the death marches. What was that?

a)

Your hands

b)

Your feet

c)

To keep your spirit from breaking

d)

Your bread

9.

What did the Czech villagers do as the prisoners walked through?

a)

Left food out for them or threw it to them

b)

Spit at them

c)

Cursed at them and taunted them

d)

Waved Nazi flags to show their support of the German army

10.

Who carried four loaves of bread that Yanek salivated for?

a)

A Czech baker

b)

A kapo that was new to the Nazi army

c)

Moonface

d)

The Witch of Buchenwald

11.

What unthinkable thing did Yanek do?

a)

Asked Moonface for bread

b)

Went up to a house to ask for bread

c)

Shared bread with other prisoners

d)

None of the above

12.

What was the result?

a)

He had a knife held to his throat

b)

He received a hunk of bread

c)

Both A and B

d)

None of the above