Chapter 1/2
What literary device is being used through the use of Mrs. Schachter's visions?
Foreshadow
Why do men and women being separated become a significant moment for Eli?
It was the last time he saw his Mother and littlest sister, Tzipora.
What does Eli not give up to be with his father in a good Kammando that get taken away from him anyway fin exchange for nothing?
His shoes
How does Eli feel about God during the Jewish Holidays and why?
He is angry with him and questions how he could allow the Holocaust to happen to his people.
What did the Jewish prisoners do every time the train stopped on the way to Buchenwald?
Threw out the dead
Why does Moishe come back to Sighet after being evacuated?
He wants to warn everyone of the horrors that the Germans are doing to the Jews.
What must all Jews do in Auschwitz in order not to die?
Work
Why is the French girl important?
She risks her life by talking German and comforting Eli after he gets beat by Idek.
What is the importance of the knife and spoon being called Eli's "inheritance?"
It was a sad realization that this was all his dad had to give him. It also shows the importance of the little things that mattered in the camps.
What happens when a piece of bread falls into Eli's cattle car? How old is Eli?
A man is killed by his son, who is then killed by others. Eli mentions that he is 16 signifying all he has gone through at a young age.
How did the Jews feel about the Ghettos?
Happy- they could all be together
How did Eli and the other prisoners feel about the bombing of Buna and why?
Happy- because it symbolized their freedom
How does Eli feel when Idek is beating his father and does he regret feeling this way?
Mad at his dad for not avoiding Idek. Yes he regrets feeling this way and what the camps have done to him.
What is the advice the faceless man gives Eli in the hospital?
Leave as soon as possible because more selections happen in the hospital and Germany has no need for sick Jews.
Why does Eli not tell us about the last 3 months of his time in the camps?
Once his dad died, nothing mattered to him anymore.
Why don't Eli and his sisters go with their Maid Maria?
They wanted to stay with the rest of the family and not be separated.
Who does Eli lie to and why?
His cousin Stein because he wants to give him hope that his family is still alive.
Why does Franek beat Eli's father?
He wants Eli's gold crown
Why is evacuating with the others very hard to do for Eli and what would have happened if he stayed in the infirmary?
His foot was just operated on and he could have been liberated.
What was the only thing the Jewish prisoners thought of when they were freed and why?
Bread/Food, because hunger was all they had left.
How does Eli's father feel about the yellow star and what literary device is this?
"So what, they are not lethal" Irony
What incident happens where Eli does nothing and can't believe how much he has changed in a limited amount of time?
His Father gets hit for asking to use the bathroom.
Why does Eli say the soup tastes like corpses?
The young boy, a "pipel," is suffering from his hanging.
Who is the Rabbi looking for in the shed and what does Eli realize when the Rabbi leaves and continues his search?
The Rabbi is looking for his son. Eli realized that the son, seeing the Rabbi getting weaker and falling behind, Ran faster to make the distance between him and his father great. To rid of the burden.
Why does Eli relate his reflection in the mirror to a corpse?
He is so thin and emaciated after the starvation in the camps and almost dying of some kind of poisoning after being freed. He looks like death itself from all the suffering.