Plot
How is the pipel executed?
A. shot
B. hung
C. starved to death
D. drowned in soup
B. hung
What work did Elie and his Kommando do while in the concentration camp?
A. they were in charge of clearing dead bodies from the gallows
B. they counted bolts, bulbs, and small electrical parts
C. they prepared Zyklon B and scrubbed the gas chambers
D. they were musicians, instructed to play to keep the beat while marching
B. they counted bolts, bulbs, and small electrical parts
What does Elie's father give him as his "inheritance"?
a knife and spoon
"His eyes would suddenly go blank, leaving two gaping wounds, two wells of terror." This is an example of what literary device?
metaphor
What holiday do the Jews celebrate in Buna?
A. Hanukkah
B. Rosh Hashanah
C. Sukkot
D. Purim
B. Rosh Hashanah
Why was Elie hospitalized?
A. Idek beat him so badly he had a concussion.
B. He had cavities and a gold crown.
C. His foot had become infected.
D. He had burnt himself on the electric fence.
C. His foot had become infected.
What does the author mean by "Yom Kippur year-round" in the context of the concentration camp?
A. everyone was feasting
B. everyone was fasting
C. everyone could rest, they did not work
D. everyone was dead or dying
B. everyone was fasting
After the execution, Elie says the soup tasted like...
A. Smoke
B. Nothing
C. Blood
D. Corpses
D. Corpses
"The dentist, a Jew from Czechoslovakia, had a face not unlike a death mask." This is an example of what literary device?
simile
When Elie Wiesel describes this New Year’s inspection as a “gift,” this is an example of what literary device?
irony
What is the condition of Buna when Eli arrives?
A. Empty and dead with only a few inmates
B. Full to the brim, with constant riots
C. Steady and organized, with underlying tension
D. In the process of rebuilding after raids
A. Empty and dead with only a few inmates
What happened when Elie refused to give his crown to Franek?
A. Elie was whipped so severely he had to be hospitalized
B. the french girl hid Elie in the factory
C. Elie's father was beaten everyday for 2 weeks
D. Elie ran away to a different Kommando
C. Elie's father was beaten everyday for 2 weeks
The pipel is described as looking like an _________
angel
Elie Wiesel and his dad rush their recovery and escape the hospital for fear they would be killed. Instead, those who stayed behind in the hospital were liberated by the Russians.
This is an example of what literary device?
irony
What is a "pipel"?
an attractive male child who received special privileges for the "attention" of a kapo
Where in the world does Eliezer later see the French girl who comforted him?
Paris
Why is Eliezer told to go to the dentist?
To get his gold grown removed
The person next to Elie in the hospital says that he has the most faith in who?
Hitler
"She was smiling her mournful smile as she slipped me a crust of bread." This is an example of what literary device?
oxymoron
How did the men travel to Gleiwitz?
they ran in the freezing ice and snow
What happened when the inmates saw the two cauldrons of soup left unattended during the alert in the concentration camp?
A man runs to it, tries to eat, and is shot.
What did the block leader, the Blockälteste, advise to do before selection?
to run to get color in their cheeks
When Juliek plays his violin in the middle of the night, what does his music symbolize?
resistance, as Nazis forbade Jews to play Beethoven
"Bite your lips, little brother... Don't cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now... Wait. Clench your teeth and wait..." (53)
foreshadowing
What did Akiba Drumer ask of his fellow prisoners?
to say the Kaddish for him