Q 01/05

Which author of Refugee and Grenade wrote Prisoner B-3087, a novel about a boy who survives ten Nazi camps?

A) Lois Lowry

B) Alan Gratz

C) John Boyne

D) Markus Zusak

Answer · why

B) Alan Gratz

Alan Gratz worked from the memories of the survivor and his wife, Ruth, who are credited alongside him. The real Yanek spent his later years telling s...

Q 02/05

In Prisoner B-3087, what rooftop structure does Yanek turn into a secret home for his parents in the Kraków ghetto?

A) A garden shed

B) A chimney loft

C) A laundry shed

D) A pigeon coop

Answer · why

D) A pigeon coop

A pigeon coop kept by an elderly neighbor became the family's refuge after a raid stripped their flat. They fitted bars across its door so nobody coul...

Q 03/05

What survival advice does Uncle Moshe give Yanek the evening he arrives at Plaszów in Prisoner B-3087?

A) Befriend the overseers

B) Volunteer for everything

C) Stay anonymous

D) Plan an escape

Answer · why

C) Stay anonymous

Stay anonymous was Moshe's rule: a prisoner the Nazis never notice is one they never single out. Yanek later bends it to befriend other boys, and feel...

Q 04/05

Which camp in Prisoner B-3087 has a zoo by its gates, built to amuse the SS men who run it?

A) Sachsenhausen

B) Buchenwald

C) Gross-Rosen

D) Trzebinia

Answer · why

B) Buchenwald

Buchenwald's zoo was paid for by forced donations from inmates, and SS men were punished for mistreating its animals. In the novel, two officers who t...

Q 05/05

In Prisoner B-3087, the top of the wall the Nazis build around the Kraków ghetto is shaped like rows of what?

A) Tombstones

B) Battlements

C) Church spires

D) Prison bars

Answer · why

A) Tombstones

Tombstones were the model for the wall's stone caps, a message the people sealed inside could read every day. Windows and doors that opened onto the r...