Setting
What town was Elie Wiesel from?
Sighet
Eliezer lies about his age in order to stay with his father when they arrive at the first camp. How old does he say he is?
He says he's 18.
How old was Eliezer when he first was sent off to the concentration camp?
He was 15
Why are Eliezer's shoes not taken when he gets to Buna?
They're covered in mud
What did the SS extract from the Jews in Auschwitz?
Gold teeth
What is the word for the part of the town where Jews were forced to live?
The Ghetto(s)
What does Juliek do before he dies?
He plays his violin
What story does Moishe the Beadle share when he returns to their town?
That the Jews were being forced to dig these trenches that acted as their graves after the Germans shot them.
Why does Eliezer have to have an operation?
His foot is swollen
What stares at Eliezer at the very end of the book?
A "corpse"; he's looking into a mirror.
Name two concentration camps where Eliezer was held during the Holocaust.
Birkenau, Buna, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Gleiwitz.
What sickness does Eliezer's father suffer from that eventually leads to his death?
Dysentery
Why is the death / hanging of the pipel really hard for the prisoners to deal with?
He was young, angelic-looking, and took a long time to strangle to death since he was so light.
At one point, Eliezer says that he said a prayer to the God that he no longer believed in. What was he praying about?
That he would never abandon his father like Rabbi Eliahu's son has done.
What was his father's last word before he died?
Eliezer
Where are Eliezer and his father at when they find out that the camp is evacuating?
Buna
What is the word for the prayer that Jewish people say when someone has died? "Say _________ for me."
Kaddish
What does Eliezer do to avoid being selected? (This is when he's with the two brothers)
He runs super fast and tries not to show the number on his arm.
Right before leaving Buna during the evacuation, what does one of the supervising prisoners say they need to do?
Mop the floors / clean up. "Men lived here, not pigs..."
What are the names of Eliezer's three sisters?
Hilda, Bea (Beatrice), and Tzipora
What is the German word for the center of the concentration camp? This is where they'd watch the hangings / take roll-call every day.
Appelplatz
What were the names of the two friends that Elie made that were brothers?
Yossi and Tibi
What does Eliezer do to take care of his father near the end of the book?
Gives him extra rations, tries to stay close to him in the infirmary, speaks with the doctor about him, tries to bribe the surrounding patients with food.
How many men (including Elie and his father) get off of their train car when they arrive at Buchenwald? (They started with 100 in the car, and ended with this many)
12
When was Eliezer liberated from the final concentration camp?
1945