Night Exam Review

What is the significance of Madame Schächter’s visions on the train to Auschwitz?

• They show her declining mental health.

• They foreshadow the horrors of the crematoriums.

• They represent the lack of empathy among prisoners.

• All of the above.

Which of the following is NOT true about Elie’s relationship with his father?

• Elie feels responsible for protecting his father.

• Elie’s father is a source of strength and hope.

• Elie and his father are separated immediately upon arrival at Auschwitz.

• Elie witnesses his father’s slow decline in health.

Why is the “mirror scene” at the end of the book significant?

• It symbolizes Elie’s physical transformation.

• It reflects the emotional and psychological toll of the Holocaust.

• It represents the death of Elie’s former self.

• All of the above.

What does the ghetto in Sighet symbolize?

• The resilience of the Jewish community.

• The first step in the Nazis’ plan to dehumanize Jews.

• A safe haven for Jews during the occupation.

• A temporary inconvenience.

How does Elie avoid losing his gold crown?

• He pretends to be sick whenever the dentist calls.

• He bribes the dentist to let him keep it.

• He hides it by removing it himself.

• He exchanges it for extra food.

Place the following events in chronological order:

• Elie is liberated from Buchenwald.

• • Elie survives the death march to Buchenwald.

• • Elie and his family are deported from Sighet.

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• • Elie sees Juliek play his violin during the death march.

Place these moments in the correct order of Elie’s journey:

• • Forced labor at Buna.

• • Arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

• • Death march to Gleiwitz.

  
  

• Liberation from Buchenwald.

Elie’s faith remains strong throughout the memoir.

• True

• False

Shlomo dies shortly before liberation.

• True

• False

The ghetto was a place of relative safety for the Jews of Sighet.

• True

• False