Main Ideas
Main Ideas
Characters
Literary Elements
Conflicts
100
What were the Jews forced to wear on their arm in public
A yellow star
100
What is the smell coming from the chimneys?
Burned flesh
100
Who is the narrator of the story? What point of view is the story being told in?
Elie 1st person point of view = I
100
The fire is devouring (eating) us
Personification
100
Elie vs. his struggle with his faith in God a. Elie vs. self b. Elie vs. man c. Elie vs. nature d. Elie vs. society
Elie vs. self
200
The largest and best known concentration camp where Elie and his father were sent
Auschwitz
200
What is the name of the place the Jews are sent to before they go to the concentration camps?
The ghettoes
200
Who is the person who cries "Fire" on the train? a. Idek b. Madame Schachter c. Moche th Beadle
Madame Schachter
200
The German's hands were like a wolf's paws
Simile
200
Elie vs. his relationship with his father a. Elie vs. self b. Elie vs. man c. Elie vs. nature d. Elie vs.
Elie vs. man
300
What does the dentist want from Elie?
his gold crown
300
According to the SS officer what is the only way to avoid the furnaces?
Be strong and work hard
300
Who is separated from Elie and his father?
Elie's mother and sisters
300
The soup had the taste of corpses
metaphor
300
Elie vs. the hatred of Germans toward the Jews a. Elie vs. man b. Elie vs. man c. Elie vs.nature d. Elie vs. society
Elie vs. society
400
How was the name A-7713 put onto Elie's arm?
It is branded/tattooed
400
How is Elie punished when he sees Idek (prison work leader) raping the Polish girl?
He is whipped
400
Who is the rabbi who teaches Elie about faith and religion? a. Idek the Kapo b. Dr. Joseph Mengele c. Moche the Beadle
Moche the Beadle
400
His back bent like a tree
Simile
400
Elie vs. the cruel German officers a. Elie vs. self b. Elie vs. man c. Elie vs.nature d. Elie vs. society
Elie vs. man
500
What phrase did the SS officers continue to repeat as the Jews arrived in Auschwitz?
Men to the left, Women to the right
500
Who are the Allies who arrive to help the Jews at the end of the story?
The Americans
500
Who is the person who experiments on Jews and others? a. Idek the Kapo b. Madame Schachter c. Dr. Joseph Mengele
Dr. Joseph Mengele
500
Madness infected us all
Personification
500
Elie vs. the cold/hunger/ snow in the concentration camps a. Elie vs. self b. Elie vs. man c. Elie vs.nature d. Elie vs. society
Elie vs.nature
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