Plot
What kind of Kommando do Elie and his dad get placed in?
A good one where they sort electrical parts.
How does Elie feel when his dad is being beaten by Idek?
He is angry towards his father.
What is dehumanization?
To make less human.
Why does Elie get called to the dentist?
To have his gold crown pulled.
What does the French girl say to Elie and in what language?
She tells him to hold on to his anger. She speaks in German.
Elie saying that he is nothing more than a body is an example of what theme (hint: it means to make less human).
That he is being dehumanized.
Why does Frankek beat Elie’s dad?
Because he can't march in step / because he wants Elie's gold crown
What does Ellie find out about the French girl when he meets her again years later?
That she was Jewish.
Give an example of how the Jews are turning even on one another as they fight for survival.
Various answers
Why does Idek give Elie a whipping?
Describe Idek (Elie’s Kapo in his Kommando).
He is a mean individual who has angry outbursts.
Why does the hanging of the boy affect everyone more than the other hangings?
Because he was young and loved by everyone.
During the raid, what does one prisoner try to get?
Soup
How does the child being hanged affect Elie?
It makes him lose his faith in God.
What does Elie mean by saying that God is on the gallows with those hanged?
That God is dead.