WorksheetsPrisoner B-3087 chapters 18-20 (6A)
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 3hrs 15mins
Why did Yanek scrub his body in the cold water and rub his teeth with his wet fingers each morning? (page 136)
He wanted to escape a clean man
He didn’t want to get lice at Birkenau
He felt it was important to remember what it was like to be human
Because his mother always said that cleanliness is close to godliness
What names did the prisoners give the new barracks they were building and the storehouse of Jewish valuables stolen by the Nazis? (page 137)
Moonface and Goeth
Paleface and Brute
Home and School
Mexico and Canada
What was Yanek’s trick to get a heartier dinner and avoid becoming a Muselmann? (page 138)
Get to the front of the line while the soup was hot
Save a little of his bread each night to eat in the morning
Get to the back of the line to get the potatoes that fell to the bottom of the soup
Make friends with the cook who was quite generous when you made him laugh
Once the prisoners who had caused the problem were caught, what was done? (page 142)
They were executed
Their entire work detail was executed even though many were innocent
The guards shot their machine guns at all the prisoners until they ran out of bullets
All of the above
Who did the Nazi’s tell the new prisoners was waiting for them in Auschwitz? (page 147)
Hitler
The Prime Minister
Their families
Death
What did the German phrase, "ARBEIT MACHT FREI", written above the Auschwitz gates mean? (page 148)
“This is where death lives”
“Jews are filth”
“Work makes you free”
“May you live till tomorrow”
What was the only way out of Auschwitz according to the guards? (page 148)
For the war to end
Through the chimneys
To become a Nazi
To beg on your hands and knees for your life
Who had the most likely chance to live in Auschwitz? (page 149)
A child
A woman
The elderly
An 18 year old with a trade
What did the women do all day and every night as mothers and their children were taken to the gas chambers? (pages 153-154)
Wail and keep everyone awake
Refuse to eat and shave their heads
Beg the guards to take their place
Sing a well-known lullaby
What did Yanek tell the boy he met when the man near his bunk died, that he hadn’t told anyone in a very long time? (page 156)
His real name
His prisoner number
About his faith
About his family
What was the boy’s name? (page 156)
Fred
Frank
Henry
Harry
Why was Yanek hesitant to open up to the boy? (pages 156-157)
Uncle Moshe told him not to get close to anyone
He couldn’t trust him
The boy’s father was a Judenrat
The boy was younger and wouldn’t understand him
Why didn’t the boy show up for roll call toward the end of the chapter and what happened as a result of that? (page 161-163)
He had been killed during work detail
The guards beat him for stealing bread
He was sick so he was sent to the gas chambers
He was sick so he was hung on the gallows
