Events
Elie Wiesel
Riddles
People
Vocab
100

Where was the place where all Jews (including Elie and his family) were forced to live before being sent to concentration camps?

the Ghetto

100

How many people were in Elie's family? 

Six people: his mother and father, Hilda, Bea, and Tzipora

100

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

A promise

100

Elie manages to stay with him for the duration of their incarceration.

Elie's father

100

To destroy completely

What is annihilate?

200

What was largest and best known concentration camp where Elie and his family were first sent?

Auschwitz

200

What was the reason Elie is sent to the infirmary?

 an infected foot

200

What goes up but never comes down? 

Your age

200

His warnings are ignored near the beginning of the story.

Moishe the Beadle

200
Strict isolation to prevent the spread of disease.
What is quarantine?
300

Why is Elie sent to the dentist? 

Because of his gold crown

300

What was Elie's religious realization on the eve of Rosh Hashanah?

He started to question God

300

David's parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what's the name of the third son? 

David

300

He is the doctor of Auschwitz, famous for his ous "selections" and horrific experiments.

Dr. Mengele

300
Thin, wasted, puny, gaunt, haggard, scrawny
What is emaciated?
400

What does Mrs. Schacter hallucinate?

A fire

400

Name the different ways the prisoners in the camps were dehumanized. 

They were given numbers, forced to wear the same clothes, starved, etc.

400

What goes up and down but doesn't move?

A staircase 
400

He is the cruel Kapo who whips Elie.

Idek

400
An infection of the intestine with bacteria or amoebae, marked chiefly by severe diarrhea with the passage of mucus and .
What is dysentery?
500

In how many days would Elie and his father have been liberated if they stayed behind at camp?

Two days

500

What prize did Eliezer go on to win later on in his life? 

The Novel Peace Prize

500

What has legs but doesn't walk?

A table 

500

The violinist who plays one last concerto before dying.

Juliek

500
To serve as a source of comfort.
What is console?
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