Characters
Who is Elie's religious teacher who tried to warn the Jews after escaping the Nazis but nobody believed him?
Moishe the Beadle
What town is Elie from?
Sighet
Elie receives this punishment after catching the attention of Idek the Kapo
Public whipping
This theme is highlighted when the prisoners are tattooed with numbers and stripped of their names?
Dehumanization
What is Elie's father's name?
Shlomo
The Jews in Elies community were placed into two large ______________ at the start of the novel
Ghettos
Why was Elie admitted to the hospital?
A foot infection.
Dehumanization
What did Madame Schacter's visions foreshadow?
The crematorium at the camp
Where did the train finally stop at the beginning of the novel?
What choice does Elie and his father face while Elie is in the hospital?
Whether to stay in the hospital and hope for liberation or evacuate with the rest of the camp.
Elie begins to question this deeply held belief after witnessing the horrors of the Holocaust
His faith in God.
Juliek plays music by this composer before he dies.
What sickness does Elie's father get at the end of the book?
Dysentery.
How are Elie and the prisoners transported in these concentration camps?
Cattle cars
What theme is highlighted when Elie chooses to stay with his father rather than look after only himself?
Father-Son relationships
Name the three OTHER father-son relationships that Elie mentions (hint: not all have names)
1. The Pippel that beats and abuses his father
2. Rabbi Eliahou and his son who ran ahead of him
3. When a son beats his father to death for food on the train
Which country's army liberates Elie and his camp at the end of the novel?
The United States of America
The prisoners were forced on a death march at the end of the novel to which camp?
Buchenwald
What theme is highlighted when Elie and his father choose to evacuate the camp with the rest of the prisoners and guards?
Fate vs Free Will