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Question 15
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Answer the following question in no less than 3 complete sentences.
Explain what is ironic about the following: “My father did not consider it so grim … ‘The yellow star? Oh, well what of it? You don’t die of it…”

Question 16
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Answer the following question in no less than 3 complete sentences.
In what way is the hanging of the young pipel symbolic of the Jewish race? (HINT: Think about what Elie says at the hanging)

Choose the correct name below for each question. Some choices will be used more than once.
is the only one from their family to survive the Holocaust
Elie Wiesel
is a kapo
Sighet
performs two selections, one at Buna and another at Birkenau
Madame Schâchter
gave spoon and knife to son as his inheritance
Elie Wiesel
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Madame Schâchter
town where the memior begins
Mr. Wiesel
author of the memior
Sighet
had three sisters
Elie Wiesel
refuses to immigrate to Palestine
Idek
dies due to dysentary and a beating by an SS officer
Elie Wiesel
husband and two sons were deported before she was
Idek
may have still been alive when carried to the crematorium
Mr. Wiesel
thinks there is a fire before anyone actually sees one
Elie Wiesel
looks in mirror and sees a "corpse" looking back
Dr. Mengele
revolts against God and refuses to bless His name
Mr. Wiesel
performed medical experiments on Jews during the Holocaust
Rabbi Eliahou
searches for his son at a "rest stop" during the death march from Buna
Moshe the Beadle
all forgien Jews were the first to be expelled from this town
Elie Wiesel
warns Jews of Sighet about the Gestapo massacring their race
Mr. Wiesel
has periodic fits of madness and beats Elie and his father

On what day is Elie’s family deported from Sighet?
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year
The Sabbath, the day of rest
The first day of Passover, the commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement
At Auschwitz, what does Elie do to Stein?
Spies on him lying with a girl and giggles
Lies to Stein about his family to save his life
Lies to him about his family, because Elie is too scared to tell Stein the truth
Gives his gold crown to Stein to save his father from being beaten
In the concentration camp hospital, Elie’s neighbor remarks that he has lost his faith in everything except ...?
Hitler, because he is the only one that keeps his promises.
Death, because it is the only thing that all men will eventually succumb to.
God, because he is always there for man when man needs him the most.
God, because he is the only one that keeps his vows.
When Madame Schâchter sees the furnace, this is an instance of what literary device?
symbol
foreshadowing
motif
theme
Why do the Sighet Jews not believe Moshe the Beadle and think he has lost his mind when he warns them?
They want to believe in the goodness of humanity.
They have not been exposed to the rumors and news about the camps.
All of the above.
They do not trust a lowly beggar.
What is the fate of the Jews if someone in their railway boxcar tries to escape as they go to Auschwitz?
they will be shot
they will have to walk to destination instead of riding in the railway boxcar
entire group will be sent to crematorium automatically
they will be buried in a mass grave
What invokes Elie to ponder the following: “Was there a single place here where you were not in danger of death?”
seeing the truckload of babies being tossed into a fiery pit.
a mocking placard warning the prisoners not to touch the electric fence.
the excruciating scene of the young pipel’s death by hanging
the dash past Dr. Mengele’s life-or-death assessing eyes
At Auschwitz, a smiling, compassionate young Polish prisoner-overseer alleviates their terror with the first humane words Elie has heard in a long time. What does he say?
“Hello”
“Shalom”
“You are safe now.”
“Good Night”
According to Elie, who forsakes the prisoners?
the prisoners forsake one another
death
their fellow countrymen
God
Why does Juliek play a fragment of a Beethoven concerto as he is crushed to death?
All the above
To put everyone to sleep
To give Elie and his father hope
As a last act of defiance and statement of his identity
“Not to feel anything, neither weariness, nor cold, nor anything.” What is Elie describing?
Childhood
Death
Sleep
Heaven
In his last breath, Chlomo Wiesel said what in Hebrew, which means “God help you”?
"Yitgadal veyitkadach shme raba”
Haifa
Eliezer
Kaddish
What is A-7713?
An identificaiton number from Auschwitz
Elie's home address in Sighet
The tattoo on Elie's left arm
The letter and number of prisoners who would be selected by Dr. Mengele