Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel's Hometown
Where is Sighet?
The first camp Elie Wiesel and his family arrives to
What is Auschwitz?
Elie Wiesel motivation to live
Who is Elie Wiesel's Father?
"He looked at us as one would a pack of leprous dogs clinging to life" (38)
What is a simile?
What is the appellplatz?
Gathering area / Roll-call area where prisoners where counted
The occupation Elie Wiesel lied about to the SS
What is a farmer?
The cause of Cousin Stein to die
What is the loss of family?
Elie Wiesel's Mentor
Who is Moishe the Beadle?
Mrs. Schaeter's vision of fire; a hint of what's to come
What is foreshadow?
The person who promoted, interviewed, and visited Auschwitz with Elie Wiesel
Who is Oprah (Winfrey)?
What does Elie see when he looks in the mirror?
A corpse
The reason why Elie Wiesel had to go to the infirmary
What is an (foot) infection?
The angel of death
Who is Dr. Mengele?
The reference of the biblical character: Job
What is allusion?
How Elie's gold crown was removed
What is a rusty spoon
The reason Elie Wiesel refuses to sleep
Elie's sisters (there are three)
Who are Bea, Hilda, and Tzipora?
The young Jew who played his life on the violin before he died
Who is Juliek?
Examples of two themes in Night
Faith / Loss of faith, father/son relationships, choiceless choices, others
Systematic extermination of a group of people
Genocide
The moment Elie Wiesel loses his faith in God
When the hang the boy ("pipel") who has the face of a "sad angel"
Elie's Father's name
What is Chlomo?
The character who's consequence of losing faith was death and the survivors forgot to pray for
Who is Akiba Drumer?
What does Elie's father say is not lethal?
The yellow star
The number of men who got off the cattle car after the final death march
What is 12