Prisoner B-3087 Reading Quiz 25-27

What interesting attraction was part of the Buchenwald concentration camp?

• A rodeo

• A zoo

• A horse barn

• A pond with ducks and geese

Who was the cruelest person at this camp?

• The man with acne scars

• The camp's commandant

• The Judenrat prisoners

• The commandant's wife

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

• Because she didn't like him

• Because he had a crescent moon tattoo

• Because he talked back to her and called her a witch

• He had sloshed muddy water on her dress by accident

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

• Desensitized and indifferent

• Appalled and shocked

• Melancholy and sullen

• Ominous and foreboding

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

• To try to escape or not

• To save food or not

• To fight off the cruel soldiers or not

• To wish to die or struggle to survive

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

• He fell over on the train ride there

• He asked for more soup

• He lost a button

• He spent too long in the latrines

Why did he receive more than 20 lashes?

• He cried out in pain while he was whipped

• He mispronounced the German word for eleven

• He refused to cry out in pain

• He tried to run away from the lashings

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

• Your hands

• Your feet

• To keep your spirit from breaking

• Your bread

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

• Left food out for them or threw it to them

• Spit at them

• Cursed at them and taunted them

• Waved Nazi flags to show their support of the German army

Who carried four loaves of bread that Yanek salivated for?

• A Czech baker

• A kapo that was new to the Nazi army

• Moonface

• The Witch of Buchenwald