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What is a word that describes the townspeople's feelings toward Moishe the Beadle?
Disregarded
Read the paragraph below:
"Crammed into cattle cars by the Hungarian police, they cried silently. Standing on the station platform, we too were crying. The train disappeared over the horizon; all that was left was thick, dirty smoke" (Wiesel 6).
What does the "thick, dirty smoke" symbolize?
Death
What is the major conflict in paragraphs 1-5?
Whether to rebel or to wait
Paragraph 39 begins with, "That night, the soup tasted of corpses..." (Wiesel 65) and is a metaphor.
What is the meaning of the metaphor?
The soup left a bad taste in the narrator's mouth as a result of the pipel's hanging
What was the setting and the year for the first section of the book?
1941-1944 Sighet, Hungary
In Chapter 2, what is the meaning of narrator's statement: "Our eyes opened. Too late" (Wiesel 23)?
They only believed after it actually happened.
Which word best characterizes the SS officer Dr. Mengele?
feared
Paragraph 16 begins with, "Except once..." (Wiesel 63) What are paragraphs 16-18 mainly about?
There is an example of a kind Oberkapo and his loyal servant called the pipel who looks like an angel to the prisoners.
What was the relationship between Moishe the Beadle and the narrator?
"I succeeded on my own in finding a master for myself in the person of Moishe the Beadle"
In paragraph 10 of Chapter 2, the author compares the world to a "hermetically sealed cattle car" in order to--
Describe how the Jews of Sighet felt isolated and imprisoned inside a cattle car
The reader can infer after reading the description of Dr. Mengele’s baton that-
He was selecting who would live and who would die
Why does the author describe the pipel as "the face of an angel in distress"?
to evoke a feeling of sympathy for the loss of a young, innocent child
What was Elie's father's occupation?
Shop owner
What is the significance of Mrs. Schacter's hallucination of seeing fire?
It likely foreshadows a future of death and suffering for the Jews of Sighet
The narrator lies about being a farmer during selection because
he was frightened that they would send him to the right if they knew he did not have any practical skills
What is an important theme in chapter 4? (When the prisoners are being forced to watch the hangings)
Anyone can become desensitized to violence.
How did Wiesel say he felt about the Hungarian police?
He did not like them and called them the oppressors
Where was the first train stop?
Auschwitz
Which word best describes Juliek's reaction to the execution of the youth?
impersonal
Paragraph 14 reads, "I remember that on that evening, the soup tasted better than ever..." What does that statement reveal about the narrator?
The narrator is different from Juliek in that he is still compassionate.