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1.When and where does the first part of the story take place? 1941, Transylvanian town of Sighet 2.Describe the main character. What kind of boy was he? He is a very educational boy that goes against his fathers wishes. 3.What story did Moshe the Beadle tell upon his return to Sighet? How the deportation trains were handed over to the Gestapo at the Polish border & how the Jews were forced to dig mass graves for themselves and were killed by the Gestapo. 4.How did the people of Elie’s town justify their denial of the German actions? The town takes him for a lunatic and refuses to believe his story. 5.How did the seventh day of Passover change their minds? They made a decision. 6.Describe life in the ghetto and what it was like to be deported. Deportation: very scary and very, very uncomfortable. Ghetto: They were tightly fitted into small living areas that were very uncomfortable to live in. 7.How were Elie and his family transported to their first camp? Describe the conditions on the transport. They were transported by a train. Packed into cattle cars, the Jews are tormented by nearly unbearable conditions. There is almost no air to breathe, the heat is intense, there is no room to sit, and everyone is hungry and thirsty. 8.Describe the outburst of Madame Schachter. How was this a premonition of what was to come? She soon cracks under the harsh treatment to which the Jews are under. On the third night, she begins to scream that she sees a fire in the darkness outside the car. Although no fire is visible, she terrifies the Jews in the car. 9.Where did they finally arrive after so many days of travel? What happened to Elie, his family, and the others who made the “journey”? The concentration camp Birkenau, the processing center for arrivals at Auschwitz. Elie and his father remain together, separated from Elie’s mother and younger sister, whom he never sees again. They are transported to Auschwitz. Others are looked at either to be killed or worked to death. 10.Who was Dr. Mengele? What did the direction of his wand mean? What direction did Elie and his father receive? Why do you think it was that direction? He is the notoriously cruel Nazi doctor, and he determines who is condemned to death and who can go on living. Elie’s father is sent to execution and Elie is sent the other way. 11.Above the door at Auschwitz and other camps, was the sign which read “Work is Liberty." What is the irony of this saying? Because they are not going to achieve liberty y working. 12.What was a Kapo? What role did they play in the camps? A Kapo was to serve in a unit of prisoners whose job entails counting electrical fittings in a civilian warehouse. 13.What was the “selection” process? Why was it good to pass? Whether to live or die. Yes. You live. 14.What happened to Elie’s foot? What was it like in the hospital? Elie’s foot swells up, and he undergoes an operation. It is scary in a way being by himself. 15.Why was the camp at Buna evacuated? Why did Elie not stay in the hospital? The rumor of the approaching Russian army gives him new hope. But the Germans decide to evacuate the camp before the Russians can arrive. Because he wanted to be with his father. 16.How did Elie’s father die? What was Elie’s reaction? He was taken to the crematory. He was in relief. 17.What did he think would happen to him before the Russians or Americans would arrive? Why? He would die. Because of the rough conditions. 18.Why were Elie and the remaining prisoners at the camp not deported? What saved them? The Americans showed up earlier that the Germans thought. 19.What was Elie’s first act as a free man, after the Americans liberated the camp? To feed him self. 20.For such a pious young man, Elie became quite cynical of God and religion. Why? Because he endured a lot of pain and god helped him through it all. 21.There were many terrifying and moving scenes in the book. Choose the one which most affected you and explain why you were so moved. When it was talking about the lady on the bus screaming and not stopping and she has to be beaten to shut up.

Public Comments

1. You could try writing in complete sentences. Also, some of your answers are plain wrong. Number 10, for example: Elie and his father BOTH went in the same direction. How could his father have been sent to the crematorium so early in the story if he is with him throughout the entire book? 20 is incorrect as well: how can someone be cynical of God if, like you said, he "helped him through it all." I would suggest reading the book more thoroughly and understand what each question is asking. Then you'll be able to give more information in your answers.