Important Characters
Who is the narrator of the story?
Elie Wiesel
The Wiesel family moved into a sealed-off ghetto.
Chapter 2
He tutors Elie
Moshe the Beadle
Why does Madame Schacter scream?
She thinks she sees a fire, but it's not there.
What did the Nazis use to transport the Jews from camp to camp?
Cattle Cars
Who was known as the Angel of Death?
Dr. Mengele
The three restrictive laws the Nazis imposed on the Jews of Sihget.
Forbidden to leave homes, required to wear yellow stars, and had to give up valuables.
The number that was tattooed on Elie's arm
A-7713
Prisoners are forced to turn in their new shoes, but Elie avoids this by doing what?
Covering them in mud
Two of these were set up in Sihget
Ghettos
Who did Elie begin to hate towards the begining of the story?
Hungarian Police
Elie's father learns that the ghettos are being liquidated on this Saturday, which was a day of rest
Passover
What is Elie's religion?
Judaism
What is the phrase on the gate going into Auschwitz?
Work makes you free
The first camp that they went to.
Burkenau
A relative who meets Elie and his father at Auschwitz
Stein of Antwerp
Number of people crouded into one cattle car
80-100
Study of Jewish mysticism
Kabbalah
When are they deported from Sihget?
1944
What is the name of the work camp they went to?
Auschwitz
His youngest sister
Tzipora
The prayer for the dead that the men recite for themselves
Kaddish
What age does he say he is?
18
What literary device is being used when Madame Schacter has visions of flames?
Foreshadowing
The first thing the Jews of Sihget see upon arrival at Birkenau
Smoke coming out of the chimneys