Night Quiz on Section 1

Where does Elie live with his family?

• Budapest

• Bucharest

• Denmark

• Sighet

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What does Moshe the Beadle teach Elie?

• (a) How to stay strong despite personal shortcomings

• (b) How to mend shoes better than Elie’s father can

• (c) The teachings of the Kabbalah

• (d) The fact that evil sometimes overcomes good

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What happens to Moshe the Beadle and the foreign Jews in Sighet?

• (a) They are hauled away in train cars

• (b) They are taken to Poland

• (c) They are forced to dig their own graves

• (d) Answers A, B, and C

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How does Moshe the Beadle escape the Gestapo?

• (a) He plays dead

• (b) He slips out of a transport truck

• (c) A kind soldier sets him free

• (d) He uses fake papers to return to Sighet

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Eventually, the Germans invade Hungary and they enter Sighet. How do the German soldiers first treat the Jewish residents of Sighet?

• (a) The Germans treat them well

• (b) The Germans don’t treat them well

• (c) Some of the Germans mistreat the Jewish residents

• (d) They deport the Jews of Sighet immediately

As time passes, what happens to the Jews of Sighet?

• (a) They are forced to wear yellow stars

• (b) They are forced to live in ghettos

• (c) They all must march to Budapest

• (d) Both answers A and B

What offer does Martha, the Wiesel’s old servant, offer the family?

• (a) A hiding spot in a transport ship headed towards London

• (b) A safe refuge back at her own home

• (c) A canteen filled with water for their train trip

• (d) Both answers A and B

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How old is Elie when the story begins?

• 11

• 12

• 13

• 16

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Upon his return to the village, what does Moishe the Beadle try to do?

• Break into Eliezer's home

• Spy for the Nazis

• Become a Rabbi

• Warn the villagers about the Nazi threat

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What news does Elie's father receive at the late-night council meeting?

• The Jews of Sighet would be killed immediately

• The Jews of Sighet would be deported to a concentration camp

• The Jews of Sighet would be deported to America

• The Jews of Sighet will be deported in the morning to an unknown destination