Characters
Name Elie's religious mentor who gets deported and is the first to witness the Holocaust.
Moishe the Beadle
What age is Elie when he reaches Auschwitz?
14
Name the term for the message or life lesson of the story
Theme
Elie and his family move to the ghetto.
or
The cattle cars from Sighet arrive at Auschwitz.
Elie and his family move to the ghetto.
What literary device is used in this quote:
"Poor father! Of what then did you die?"
Foreshadowing
Who is Juliek?
Jewish prisoner who plays the violin.
What did Elie want to study at the beginning of the book?
Define foreshadowing
clues to a future event
The pipel is hanged in Buna.
Or
The prisoners go on a death march to Gleiwitz.
The pipel is hanged in Buna.
What literary device is used in this sentence:
"If I felt anger at that moment, it was not directed at the Kapo but at my father."
Conflict
Who is Shlomo Wiesel?
Elie's father who is a leader in the Jewish community.
What is the name of Elie's hometown?
Sighet
Name the term for a concrete object that represents an abstract concept.
Symbol
Elie Wiesel wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
Or
Juliek plays his violin for the last time.
Juliek plays his violin for the last time.
What literary device is used in this sentence:
“Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever.”
Symbolism
Name Elie's abusive Kapo in Buna.
Idek
During the Death March, what does Elie pray that he will never do?
Abandon his father
Define figurative language
Words not meant to be interpreted literally
Elie is severely beaten by Idek.
Or
Elie’s father dies at Buchenwald.
Elie is severely beaten by Idek.
What literary device is used in this sentence:
"Those who remained in the infirmary...were, quite simply, liberated by the Russians, two days after evacuation."
Irony
Who is Akiba Drumer?
A Jewish prisoner who gradually loses his faith in God.
What is Elie's name at the camp?
A-7713
Define allusion
Elie and his family move to the ghetto.
Or
Moshe the Beadle returns to Sighet to warn Jews.
Moshe the Beadle returns to Sighet to warn Jews.
What literary device is used in this sentence:
"An SS officer had come in and, with him, the smell of the Angel of Death."
Allusion