Notes

1. Why was Yanek told he was taken?
A nearby labor camp needed more workers.


2. Why were Yanek’s hands bleeding?

He fell

3. What did Yanek and the other prisoners give to the Nazis?
Their clothes


4. What were the prisoners given to wear?
Wooden shoes and a blue and gray striped uniform.


5. Explain a kapo.

A prisoner who'd been put in charge of other prisoners.


6. What would the kapo do to the prisoners if they didn’t do what he said?
He would beat the prisoner with a wooden club.


7. What did the prisoners wear to show that they were Jews?
The yellow Star of David


8. What did the red armbands symbolize?

Green? Criminals
Black? Gypsies
Purple? Jehovah's Witness
Pink? Homosexuals
All of the triangles had a letter inside of them. What did each mean?
P= Polen or Pole

T= Tschechen or Czech

J= Jugoslawen or Yugoslavian



9. What familiar face did Yanek see in the camp?
His uncle



10. What did Yanek have for dinner on his first night in the camp?
A small piece of bread and a bowl of watery soup.



11. What advice did Uncle Moshe give Yanek?
You must do nothing to stand out. From now on, you have no name, no personality, no family, no friends.



12. Who is Amon Goeth?
He is a SS Officer



13. What two literary elements that are present here: “The two dogs were calm as pets one moment. In the next instant they became rabid killers.
Simile

Metaphor




14. What is one thing that shocked in during this chapter?

That Amon Goeth would kill Jews every day.


Chapter 10

1. What did Goeth do from the rooftops?

Shoot people

2. What was Yanek’s new job?

Building new barracks for Jews.

3. After a man on Yanek’s work detail was killed for moving too slowly, Uncle Moshe traded his daily rations to a Kapo to get him assigned to a new job. Where was the new job and what did he have to do?

His new job was at the Kraków ghetto. His new job was cleaning out the apartments of people who were killed.


4. How has the Krakow changed from how it was before? Compare and contrast.

Every one has been killed


5. On page 76, use your context clues and tell me what “putrid” means.

Smell

6. What did Yanek find in Mr. Tatarka’s flat?

His dead body


7. What did Yanek find in his father’s coat?

A thousand zloty


8. What else did Yanek find in the ghetto?

A another thousand zloty and some earrings.


9. How many people has Goeth killed since Yanek has arrived?

7

Chapter 11

1. What did Uncle Moshe buy with some of the money?

Bread

2. What did Uncle Moshe do with the rest of the money?

He hid it

3. Explain a Muselmann. List five details.

-weak

-hungry

-thin

-tired

-hopeless


4. What literary element is the following: Muselmann are zombies.

Metaphor

5. What did Uncle Moshe buy for Yanek on page 83?

A carrot

6. List some of the reasons Yanek was upset that his uncle was killed.

- He was family

-He brought him food

Chapter 12

1. Explain how Yanek is able to get out of working now.

The lose floor boards in his barracks



2. Who did Yanek tell about his secret floor board?

Thomas and Isaac


3. What literary element is the following: “We had been worked so hard and fed so little all our bodies wanted to do was hibernate, like bears.
Simile



4. What did Goeth bring with him to search the barracks?”

His dogs


5. What literary element is the following: “The tight little crawl space under the floorboards suddenly felt like a coffin.”

Simile


6. What literary element is the following: “We put the board back.”

Statement


7. Explain why Yanek decided never to hide under the floor boards again.

He didn't want to get caught again.