Prisoner B 3087 Chapter 16-18

Why did the prisoners have to wait in the train car outside Birkenau?

• to wait for the previous group to burn after the gas chamber

• to make them go crazy

• to make them freeze to death

• to make more of them die before they go in to the camp

What has Yanek survived so far?

• work gangs in the ghetto

• Amon Goeth and his dogs

• the gas chambers of Auschwitz

• salt mines of Wieliczka

What did Yanek think would happen to him after he got into the building with all of the chimneys?

• burn to death

• have a cold shower

• get a tattoo with a prisoner number

• cry because he missed his family

What did Yanek shout at the showerheads in the gas chamber?

• "Kill me! I give up! You win!"

• "Come on and do it already!"

• "Why do we have to wait here?!"

• "Put an end to this!"

What happened to Yanek after he survived the shower?

• the Nazis shaved their heads

• he got a tattoo of a prisoner number

• he was forced to wear gypsy clothes

• they were sent straight to work to build a new barrack

What did Yanek find in his bed in the barracks?

• A piece of colorful cloth with a wooden horse in it

• A stale and moldy piece of bread

• Wooden shoes

• A limp carrot

What did Yanek do with the wooden horse?

• trade it for food

• give it to a boy who turned thirteen

• save it in his pocket

• throw it out the window

What did the prisoners call camp B III?

• Mexico

• Poland

• America

• Brazil

Why were the prisoners aroused from their beds in the midle of the night?

• They wanted to torture the prisoners

• They were going to randomly shoot prisoners to make room for new ones

• There was an attempted prisoner escape

• They needed the prisoners to work

What did the prisoners have to do after the Nazi officers shot random Jews?

• drag the bodies away

• bury the bodies

• leave them for the dogs

• put them on display for others to see