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100
Town where Weisels used to live.
Sighet, Transylvania
100
Elie Weisel
Wanted to study Kabbalah
100
Elie Weisel
"Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?"
100
metaphor
He was a jack-of-all trades.
100
lamentation
grief, mourning
200
Moishe the Beadle was carted off into ________
Poland
200
Who is Moishe De Beadle?
shot in the leg and left for dead, came back to Sighet, taught Elie some Kabbalah
200
Moishe
"Jews, listen to me! That's all I ask of you. No money. No pity. Just listen to me."
200
simile
Physically, he was as awkward as a clown.
200
feeble
lacking strength, weak
300
Vehicles transporting the Jews to distant locations by the Nazis
What are cattle car trains?
300
Mrs. Schächter
Has a vision of a furnace
300
Elie's Father
"The yellow star? So what? It's not lethal..."
300
symbolism
Night
300
evacuating
withdrawing troops or civilians
400
a place where they took people from Sighet
What is concentration camp, Birkenau a camp near Auschwitz
400
Elie's father
decides that the family should not emigrate, but stick it out in Sighet.
400
Elie's dad
"I've been summoned to a special meeting of the counsil."
400
personification
The Ghetto was awake.
400
provisions
necessary supplies, such as food
500
1944
A year in which the story takes place
500
Who is Maria, Weisel's former maid?
She says she’s prepared a hiding place for them in her town.
500
Mrs. Schachter
"Fire! I see fire!"
500
Indirect characterization
"My father was running right and left , exhausted, consoling friends, checking with the Jewish Counsil..."
500
monocle
an eyeglass for one eye
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