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Events
Elie Wiesel
Fig Lang & Conflicts
People
Vocab
100
The place where all Jews (including Elie and his family) were forced to live before being sent to concentration camps
What is the Ghetto?
100
He tutors Elie.
What is Moshe the Beadle?
100

“Physically, he was as awkward as a clown. His waif-like shyness made people smile.”

What is a simile?

100
Elie manages to stay with him for the duration of their incarceration.
Who is Elie's father?
100

people who are expelled from a country

What are deportees?

200
The largest and best known concentration camp where Elie and his family were first sent
What is Auschwitz?
200
The reason Elie is sent to the infirmary.
What is an infected foot?
200

This type of conflict is portrayed when Elie is being savagely whipped by Idek.

What is man vs man?

200
His warnings are ignored near the beginning of the story.
Who is Moshe the Beadle?
200

a last name or a family name

What is surname?

300
The reason Elie is sent to the dentist
What is his gold crown?
300
Elie's religious realization on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.
What is lost his faith in God?
300

This type of conflict is shown when Elie loses his faith in God.

What is man vs self?

300

He is the doctor of Auschwitz, famous for his "selections" and horrific experiments.

Who is Dr. Mengele?

300

short accounts of humorous incidents

What are anecdotes?

400
What Mrs. Schacter hallucinates.
What is a large fire?
400

This person asked Elie and his family to come stay with her in a hidden room in her home.

Who is Martha, their former housekeeper?

400

“At every step, white signs with black skull looked down on us. The inscription: WARNING! DANGER OF DEATH. Was there here a single place where one was not in danger of death?”

What is irony?

400
He is the cruel Kapo who whips Elie.
Who is Idek?
400

boisterous and disorderly

What is raucous?

500
It happens to the sick prisoners who stay behind in the infirmary when the camp is evacuated.
What is liberated?
500
The number that was tattooed on Elie's arm.
What is A-7713?
500

"Don't look at the SS.  Run!  Straight in front of you!"

What is metonymy.

500
The violinist who plays one last concerto before dying.
Who is Juliek?
500

clear understanding

What is lucidity?