Content Vocab
What is a setting?
Setting is the time period and location that a story is set in.
What is a fuehrer?
A German leader.
What is the setting of Prisoner B-3087?
Krakow, Poland in 1939.
What is the main character's name?
Yanek
What are the names of your teachers in A5?
Mrs. Cohn Matthews, Ms. Hall, Ms. Marsh
What is foreshadowing?
Foreshadowing is when the story is hinting at an event that might come later in the text.
What is a tureen?
A tureen is a container used for soup.
They are Jewish, so they practice Judaism.
What are the names of Yanek's parents?
Oscar and Mina
What kind of pets do your teachers have? Name at least two.
Cat, dogs, horses
What is a quote?
A quote is when you repeat or copy words from the text.
What is a ghetto?
A ghetto is a poor urban area that is separated from other parts of a city.
Who enters Poland in Chapter One?
The German Army
What are the names of Yanek's aunt and uncle?
Aunt Gizela and Uncle Moshe
How many buildings are there at WiHi?
Nine (A, B, C, D, E, Auditorium, Cafeteria, Main Office, Media Center).
What is a citation?
A citation indicates where you got a quote from. It references the source the quote came from.
What is a scapegoat?
A scapegoat is a person or group of people that are blamed for something.
What is the name of Oscar's brother?
Moshe
Who is the author of Prisoner B-3087?
Alan Gratz.
What is the difference between summary and analysis?
Summary is an explanation of the main ideas or events in a text, an analysis explains a new idea or deeper meaning of a text.
Who did Hitler make the scapegoats in Germany for after World War One?
The scapegoats in Germany were Jewish people.
How many families are living in Yanek's apartment at the end of Chapter 3?
Four families. The Laskis, The Rosenblums, The Brotmans, and The Grueners (Yanek's family).
The name of the fuehrer during the time period of the book.
Adolf Hitler
What states did your teachers grow up in?
Maryland and Connecticut