Prisoner B-3087 Chapters 19-20

When the new prisoners arrive from their homes at Auschwitz, they keep their distance from Yanek and veteran prisoners because____________.

• their muscles and strength frightens the newcomers

• they think the veteran prisoners will beat them

• they look like monsters to them- starved, dirty, and sick

• they are from different countries and can't speak the language

Abreit Mach Frei, the gateposts at Auschwitz, mean_______.

• work will set you free

• prepare to work hard

• laziness equals death

• you are now home

An SS guard told the prisoners coming into Auschwitz that they come in through the front gate, and ____________.

• they will be assigned to apartments with their families

• they will find food, shelter, and friends

• they stay until works sets them free

• the only way to leave is through the chimney

Veteran prisoners try to help the new prisoners by telling them to state that_______.

• they are are healthy

• they are at least eighteen

• they have a trade (job)

• All of the above

The man in charge of sending people to work or to the gas chamber is_________.

• Amonn Goeth

• Doctor Mengele

• Adolf Hitler

• Heinrich Himmler

The new prisoners in Auschwitz are told that they are being organized together to form a __________.

• new Jewish state where you will be free if you work hard

• new ghetto where no one will bother you

• new religion where Hitler will help guide you in your studies

The women's camp sings when______________.

• they are about to leave for work

• they are about to get their meals

• women and children are being taken to the gas chambers

• new trains arrive from other countries

When Fred and Yanek look into the sky, they see__________.

• birds, a symbol of freedom

• British planes overhead

• German paratroopers practicing

• only smoke and no sign of the Allies

Fred eventually_____________.

• dies in his bunk of disease

• is beaten and then hanged by the Nazis

• is reunited with his dad when new trains arrive

• tries to escape and is caught

When the Nazis are beating Fred, _______________.

• Fred tells Yanek to go, knowing he will get killed if he interferes

• Fred pleads for Yanek to help him escape the beatings