Vocabulary
"Synagogue"
A Jewish house of worship.
Who was the first person who tried to warn the other Jewish citiens about what was happening?
Who is Moishe the Beadel?
“Physically, he was as awkward as a clown. His waiflike shyness made people smile.”
What is simile?
What occupation and age did Elie say during the selection?
That he was a farmer and that he was 18.
What is Elie's Home town?
What is Sighet?
"Selection"
A process used to separate the prisoners.
What was Eliezer's first loss when he first came to the camp?
His mother and sisters.
“A prolonged whistle pierced the air.”
What is personification?
When Idek gets mad at his father and attacks him, who is his anger directed at?
What is his father?
What was the first concentration camp Elie arrived at?
What is Birkenau/Auschwitz?
"Kaddish"
A Jewish prayer for the dead.
This is what Eliezer prevent from getting taken initially (1) and WHO eventually got it.
What is a gold crown and Franek?
"My throat was dry and the words were choking me, paralyzing my lips. There was nothing else to say.”
What is personification?
What is Elie's main goal when he first got to the consentration camp?
To stay with his father.
Who was the angelic boy whose hanging caused prisoners to question God's presence?
What is the Pipel?
"Kapo"
Prisoner who looks over other prisoners.
Why does their cousin Stein die?
The loss of his family.
“They were our first oppressors. They were the first faces of hell and death.”
What is metaphor?
What is the first event that made Eliezer start questioning his faith?
Children and infants being burned in a pit.
In which camp does Elie work in an electrical warehouse that gets bombed?
What is Buna?
A large fire.
"Conflagration"
How does Elie receive 25 lashes from Idek the Kapo?
By catching Idek with a polish girl in the depot.
“The shadows around me roused themselves as if from a deep sleep and left silently in every direction.” (there are two)
What is simile and personification?
What did Eliezer say he was later in chapter 3?
What is "just an empty stomach."
Who is the "Angel of Death?"
Who is Dr. Joseph Mengele?