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Describe Moshe, the Beadle
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A homeless man that excels in being invisible in the town, and also is very awkward.
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Who is the narrator?
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Elie Wiesel (in the 1st person)
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What is Elie Wiesel's hometown and what country?
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Sighet, Transylvania
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What year does Elie's story begin and how old is he?
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1941 and he is thirteen
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Why did Elie pray? and why did cry?
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He didn't know why he prayed or why he cries
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Upon his return, what story did Moshe tell?
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That Jews were being taken by the Gestapo, digging their own graves, then being killed.
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Why didn't people believe him?
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That he was making it up to receive pity
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What world-known leader are the Jews afraid of and why?
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Hitler, because he wants total genocide of the Jews
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List the rules the Jews are made to abide by.
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-no longer allowed to own valuables -have to wear the yellow star -not allowed to attend the synagogue -no travel by rail -curfew at six
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What is a ghetto?
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A fenced off area of a town, mainly to contain the Jews
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Why did the citizens resist the truth, even when it was in front of them?
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Too horrible to imagine
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What are the feeling of the Jews as they experience deportation?
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Saddness
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Describe the conditions in the train.
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Small train car, filled with eighty people per car. They were caged in and given little food and water to last the trip.
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Under whose authority are the Jews as they are transported out of Hungary?
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The German Army
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Explain, "our eyes were opened, but too late." Where was the train at this point?
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The train was Nazi controlled country, that made them realize that they couldn't escape what was to come
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What is to happen to anyone who keeps anything valuable in his possession?
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They will be shot on the spot
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What was foreshadowed by Madame Schacter's nightmare?
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The fires seen in concentration camps
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What did some passengers do to quiet Madame Schacter?
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-Place a cool rag on her -tie and gag her -beat her
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Where did the train finally stop?
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Auschwitz-Birkenau
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What is Elie's one thought as the Jews are separated?
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To not lose his father and be alone
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What can you say about the faith of the older Jewish prisoners?
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They are holding on
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When questioned by the S.S. officer, why did Elie lie about his age and occupation?
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To look like he was a able working man and able to avoid sudden death
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What was the first horrifying sight that Elie at first disbelieved?
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Children being thrown into a fire pit.
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Explain what Elie meant by, "Never shall I forget these flames which consumed my faith forever"
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His faith was gone
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How had Elie changed in a short time?
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-He gave up his beliefs -Willing to commit suicide -Lied about who he was
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What are the prisoners made to do as they entered the barracks?
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They were ordered to striped down naked but to keep their belts and shoes
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Who are the Kapos?
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prisoner functionaries, assigned by the S.S. guard to supervise
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What happens to the prisoner the next morning?
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They are shaved
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What changed does Elie state has taken place within him?
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He is only a shell
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Why was it lucky that Elie's shoes were covered with mud?
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They would be taken away from him, by force or submission
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Where does the SS officer say that they are? What does he say their choice is?
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They are in Auschwitz, and their choices are work or crematorium
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What does the Kapos do to Elie's father?
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Slap him in the face
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What is Elie's first impression of Auschwitz?
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Better than Birkenau
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What is the compulsory formality at all of the concentration camps?
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Welcomed
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What sort of identification was used on the prisoner?
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Tattooed numbers
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What were the rations at each meal?
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Black coffee, soup, then bread.
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Why does Elie lie to Stein about his family?
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He didn't want to bring his spirit down anymore or to possibly devastate him
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Why was the prisoner in charge removed from the position?
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He was judged too humane
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Where was Elie and his father taken to after Auschwitz?
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Buna
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What were the objectives of the medical examinations?
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to see who was healthy
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Why were the Jewish musicians allowed to play music by Beethoven?
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It was German music
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Describe one of Idek's bouts of madness.
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He beats his victims and takes silence as defiance
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How did Elie avoid losing his gold crown?
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Saying he wasn't feeling well
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Whom did Elie meet years later on the Paris Metro?
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The French girl
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What happed when Elie refused to give his crown to Franek? what was the end result?
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Tormenting his father on a daily basis, in the end it was dug out with a rusty spoon.
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Describe the scene with soup cauldrons.
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They were sitting unguarded and one went for them, but shot in the end
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During a hanging, what did Juliek whisper to Elie? What does this suggest?
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food is more important than a life
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During one hanging, Elie and the other prisoners cried. What made this hanging different from others?
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It was a young boy and he was still alive after they pulled the lever
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Why didn't Elie fast on Yom Kippur?
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His father had forbid it
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Describe the selection process.
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SS would look over the prisoners, writing down numbers.
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What advice was Elie given to pass the selection process?
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Get some color into his skin by running
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How did Elie's father react when he learned his name had been written down?
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He was calm
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What has begun to happen to the faith of some of the Jews?
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They began to lose faith and give up
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What did Akiba Drumer ask the others to do for him? did they do it?
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Say Kaddish for him, which they did not do.
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Why was Elie placed in the hospital?
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His foot began to swell
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What is Elie's reoccurring thought?
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To not be separated from his father
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Why was the camp evacuated? what happens to those who stay behind?
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Battlefront coming closer to camp, Later rescued in two days
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What happened to anyone who could not keep up with the march?
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They would be shot
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What keeps Elie going during the evacuation?
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by putting one foot in front of the other
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How did Zalman die?
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Trampled
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What does Rabbi Eliahou's son do? How does Elie respond?
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His son abandoned him, He took a vow to have the strength to never do this
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What was Juliek's last act?
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Playing Beethoven
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What is the physical condition of Elie after covering 42 miles by foot?
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Dirty, hungry, and thirsty
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How did Elie help his father when the selection was made?
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Caused a distraction
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How old is Elie at the time of the evacuation when the prisoner traveled for ten days?
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sixteen
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How did Elie again help his father when they were on the train?
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By slapping him in the face to keep him from the gravediggers
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How many got out of the wagon? where had they arrived?
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twelve left to be welcomed by Buchenwald
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What is the familiar fear Elie feels when they arrive at Buchenwald?
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Not separated from his father.
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What is Elie's father's condition and spirit and Buchenwald?
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Dysentery and spirit broken.
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What is Elie's thought that he is ashamed of later?
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That he only cared about his own well being
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What happens to Elie's father?
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Taken to the crematorium
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While awaiting evacuation, how long does Elie go without food?
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six days
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What happened on April 5th?
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the camp was liquidated
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What was the resistance movement? What did they do?
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Troops that came to rescue the prisoners, They fought for the prisoners and fed the prisoners.
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What did prisoners do when they were freed?
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Attack the provisions
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Do the released prisoner think of revenge?
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No
