Night 1-3 Quiz

Which sentence does not describe Moshe the Beadle?

• He worked at the Hasidic synagogue.

• He was able to make himself seem insignificant, almost invisible.

• He was Aryan, Jewish.

• He was timid, with dreamy eyes, and did not speak much.

Why was Moshe the Beadle important to Elie Wiesel?

• Moshe taught Elie to read.

• Moshe was the only person who understood Elie's feelings.

• Moshe inspired Elie to make plans to leave Singhet and study at a university.

• Moshe became his cabbalist, or instructor in the mystical aspects of the Jewish faith.

What did Moshe the Beadle tell the people on his return from being deported?

• The foreign Jews were made to dig coal to fill the large furnaces.

• The foreign Jews were shot and dumped into large mass graves.

• The foreign Jews were sent on a boat to Palestine.

• The foreign Jews who had money were able to buy their freedom.

What did Madame Schächter see in her vision?

• She saw large open graves full of children.

• She saw a fire -- a furnace, with huge flames

• She saw row after roe of empty houses.

• She saw the face of Hitler laughing at the entire world.

What did the Jews in the train car discover when they looked out the window?

• They saw several large factories surrounded by barbed wire fences.

• They saw lines of soldiers with truncheons, ready to beat them as they got off.

• They saw flames gushing out of a tall chimney into the sky.

• They saw wagons full of dead bodies.

What was Elie's main thought as the men and women were being herded from the train?

• It was to stay with his father at all costs.

• It was to keep his faith in God.

• It was to stay alive and healthy.

• It was to be as brave as possible.

True or False: Some of the young men tied Madame Schächter up and gagged her. Then they hit her.

• True

• Falsw

Which notorious SS officer did they meet at the concentration camp?

• They met Hitler himself.

• They met Eichman.

• They met General Kolomaye.

• They met Dr. Mengele.

True or False: The people were reciting the Kaddish, the prayer for the dead, for themselves.

• True

• False

True or False: Elie beat up the gypsy who struck his father.

• True

• False