What did the Nazis constantly tell the Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz?
In Chapter 21, why do the prisoners begin getting transported by marching by foot rather than in train cars?
What are Yanek and the others given by the Nazis for their long walk (Death March)?
According to Yanek, what would happen to the men if they fell behind during the "Death March"?
Why did Yanek scrub his body in the cold water and rub his teeth with his wet fingers each morning?
What does the B stand for in Prisoner B-3087?
What was Yanek’s trick to get a heartier dinner and avoid becoming a Muselmann?
Yanek tries to save a young boy's life and the boy's family when he tells them -
An SS guard says that prisoners come in through the front gate at Auschwitz, but the only way out is through what?
What does the sign above Auschwitz say about work?
What sound was a signal to prisoners that they were walking too slow and falling too far behind during a march?
A friend the main character made in the camp; He unfortunately gets sick and when he can no longer work, he is killed by the Nazis -
What one mercy did the Nazis let the prisoners have on the Death March?
What happens to the prisoners when they get out of the gas chambers?
What prisoner number does Yanek receive?
Although Yanek is tattooed and will now be seen as just a prisoner with a number, not Yanek, what mindset does he have?
What kind of celebration is held in Yanek's barrack?
What did the prisoner tattoo symbolize for Yanek?
What words did Yanek share during the Bar Mitzvah event that he remembered from his father and his uncle?
What did the women do all day and every night as mothers and their children were taken to the gas chambers?
What did Fred and Yanek talk about and imagine while on their work detail?
What did Yanek discover wrapped in colorful cloth near his bunk in his barrack?
What did Yanek do for the boy walking beside him on the Death March?
What gift from his mom did Yanek remember as he washed with cold water?
How did one of the prisoners commit suicide at Sachsenhausen?
At Birkenau, what do Yanek and the other prisoners call the camp storehouse where the Nazis keep all of the valuables that the Jews bring with them when they first arrive at the camp?
According to Yanek, what is a benefit of leaving the prisoners stationed at the latrines during the day?
Why are Yanek and his fellow prisoners woken up and ordered outside one night in Birkenau?
What is Yanek's nightmare that he describes having at Birkenau?
"Have you heard of Auschwitz? our kapo asked the new prisoners. "No? Someone's waiting for you inside. Do you know who? Death, of course. Death waits for you. Look and see."
Which type of figurative language is used in the above example from the novel?
How do Fred and Yanek first meet each other?
What did the Nazis force Yanek and the other prisoners to do as the Nazis ate a hearty meal at Sachsenhausen?
Why do Yanek and the other prisoners at Auschwitz believe they are going on the Death March to reach Sachsenhausen?
Describe at least 2 differences between new prisoners who arrive at Auschwitz and veteran prisoners (like Yanek) who arrive at Auschwitz.
Describe the moral dilemma that Yanek faces before Fred’s death (what he wants to do vs. what he knows that he must do in order to stay alive).
How do Yanek’s actions (searching in the dead man’s pocket for food) show us how he feels about death now?
How do the Nazis punish the prisoners for the escape attempt at Birkenau?
What was the Sachsenhausen salute and why was the prisoner forced to do this?