WorksheetsElie Weisel Interview
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Madama Schacter had visions of what?
a)
Hitler
b)
Jesus
c)
burning pits of fire
d)
The salvation of the Jews
2.
Oprah and Elie described Auschwitz as a ______________ factory.
a)
work
b)
slavery
c)
relocation
d)
death
3.
What was Zylon B used for before WWII ?
a)
vitamins
b)
bug poison
c)
antibiotics
d)
disinfectant
4.
How many people shared a bunk at Auschwitz?
a)
Everyone had their own bunk.
b)
1-2
c)
2-3
d)
10
5.
According to Elie Weisel , Jews were deprived of their address, their citizenship, their home, their __________, their family, and their life.
a)
name
b)
books
c)
knowledge
d)
inheritance
6.
What was the systematic process of determining who would live and who would die ?
a)
Selection
b)
Cleansing
c)
Relocation
d)
Gestapo
7.
The cattle cars used to deport the Jews held about _______ people.
a)
50-60
b)
30-40
c)
80-100
d)
15-25
8.
What did Elie Weisel smell when he got off the train at Auschwitz?
a)
soup
b)
disenfectant
c)
burning flesh
d)
sewage
9.
An average of 8,600 Hungarian Jews were deported everyday in __________.
a)
passenger cars
b)
ships
c)
cattle cars
d)
planes
10.
What was their uniforms called?
a)
orange suits
b)
They had no uniforms.
c)
strips
d)
detention jersey
11.
When did Elie Weisel die?
a)
August, 1944
b)
July, 2016
c)
He is still living.
d)
December, 1966
12.
Choose one item that was NOT behind the glass at the Auschwitz Museum.
a)
Zylon B cans
b)
Hair
c)
bones
d)
shoes
13.
What did the gate of Auschwitz say? On the gate, Arbeit macht frei".
a)
Death to the Jews
b)
Work Makes you Free
c)
Make Germany Pure
d)
The Final Solution
14.
What was the average life span of the prisoners?
a)
4 months
b)
8 months
c)
12 months
d)
16 months
15.
What did the prisoners in the concentration camps eat?
a)
Vegetables they grew in gardens.
b)
Stale bread and meatless soup
c)
potatoes and chicken
d)
Any meat they killed in the forest.
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