Chapter 4
What item did the SS extract from the Jews at the camp?
Gold Teeth
Ironically, who does the prisoner next to Elie in the hospital say that he trusts the most?
Hitler
What happened to the men who slept in the snow at the caved-in brick factory?
They died of hypothermia.
Why does the prisoner next to Eli say that he trusts Hitler the most?
Because he has kept all his promises to the Jewish people.
Elie and his father leaving the hospital before it’s liberated is an example of what literary element?
Irony
Elie prevents the SS from extracting this item by...?
Pretending to be sick
What does Akiba Drumer ask Elie and his father to do for him?
To say the Kaddish (the prayer for the dead)
How many men get on the train car with Elie and his father on the trip to Buchenwald?
100
What advice is Eli given to improve his chances during selection?
To run as fast as he can (to run as if the devil was chasing him)
"The soup tasted like corpses."
Simile
Why was Elie whipped by Idek
How do the prisoners travel to Gleiwitz from Buna?
They run.
How many men get off the train at Buchenwald?
12
Who came to Elie's aid, after he was beaten by Idek?
The young French girl
"A tangle of human shapes that looked like a cemetery," is an example of what literary device?
Simile
Which hanging represents Elie's loss of faith?
The hanging of the sad eyed angel/young boy
What is the distance between Buna (the work camp) and Gleiwitz?
30 miles
What do the men do while waiting for the train to Buchenwald?
Mouth full of bread, spoonful of snow. Or, they ate snow off each other's backs.
What was the only danger at the electrical warehouse at Buna?
Idek's bouts of madness/fits of rage
What literary element is being used here?: "It snowed endlessly."
Hyperbole
Why does Elie go to see the doctor?
His foot is swollen, it is infected from frostbite
What was Eli's inheritance?
A knife and spoon.
What happened to Zalman while marching from Buna to Gleiwitz?
He was trampled while trying to relieve himself.
What music did Juliek play as his last?
A Beethoven Concerto
The SS offered us a "beautiful present" for the new year...selection.
Verbal Irony/Sarcasm