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Name one of Eliezer's sisters.
Hilda, Béa, and Tzipora
Why is January 29th 1945 significant to Eliezer?
It's the date his father's death.
Why did Eliezer get sent to go see the surgeon?
His right foot was swollen
Why were Eliezer and his father told to lie about their age?
They were too young and too old to work which means they would have been killed.
What did the prisoners think of when freed?
Food / Bread
Which group of soldiers freed the prisoner of the camp?
The Red Army
Name an example of a son betraying his father?
Various answers.
How did Eliezer hide his new shoes from the guards?
Mud
How did Eliezer and the other Jewish prisoners travel to Glewitz?
They ran.
What happened to Madame Schacter?
She claimed to see flames, was tied up, and beaten.
Who came to help or rescue Eliezer and his family near the beginning of the book?
The family's maid
Name another example of a son betraying his father?
1) A son killing his father for bread;
2) A son leaving his father behind during the death march;
2) Elie not protecting his father as he was beaten to death.
Why were the prisoners ordered to clean the block before going to Glewitz? (paraphrase the quote)
"so that they'll realize that there were men living here and not pigs"
What did Eliezer decide to do or not do on Yom Kippur and why?
He decided not to fast because he was rebelling against God.
What is Elie's main concern throughout the book
Not to be separated from his father.
Who is the first group that Eliezer begins to hate?
The Hungarian police
There's one event that shakes Eliezer's faith to the core. What is this event?
The hanging of the young boy (the pipel).
Double the points if you say why.
What 8 words "spoken with indifference", signalling some form of separation, were significant to Eliezer and why?
"Men to the left, women to the right"
It was the last time he would see his mother and youngest sister again.
The Jews saying the Kaddish for themselves at the BEGINNING of the book is a form of ...
Irony
Why does Elie not react when his father is being beaten to death?
He's afraid of being beaten too.
What was Eliezer's father's name?
Shlomo Wiesel
Place where the prisoners were hung?
Gallows
Dysentery
How many days and nights did it take to reach Gleiwitz?
10 days and 10 nights
How was Eliezer'S faith in God at the end of the book?
He no longer believed God cared about them.