WorksheetsNight Chapters 1-5
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
In Chapter 1, who tries to warn the Jews in Sighet about the German's murdering Jews?
A local school master
A Rabbi
Elie's Father
Moishe the Beadle
A Hungarian Cop
Why are the Jewish citizens of Sighet not concerned when the German soldiers first occupy their town?
They feel the war will soon be over
United Nations will protect them
They have an escape plan
The Germans they encounter are polite.
Which of the following was NOT a detail from description of Moishe's stories from when he was deported to Galicia
He described babies being used as target practice
He describes people digging their own graves
He describes his wife's death
He describes faking his own death in order to escape
He describes a man begging to die before his children are killed in front of him.
What does Madame Schachter says she sees during the train ride?
Dead children
Gas Chambers
Visions of the future
Fire
Since Madame Schachter's cries ended up being true, her hallucinations are an example of:
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Foreshadowing
Plot
What do Elie and his family see when they arrive at the camp?
Nothing but darkness
Flames rising from a chimney
Their loved ones who were taken before
Piles of blankets and shoes
Jews in the gas chambers
"You'll be shot like dogs!" is WHAT type of figurative language?
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
Hyperbole
Idiom
How is it that Elie and his father survive the FIRST selection when they get off the train?
They hide
They lie about their ages
They pretend that they are sick
They bribe a guard
There is mud to cover their shoes.
In chapter 3, what does Akiba Drumer say is the reason for why the men are experiencing such brutality?
God is testing them
Germans despise the Jews
They are Jewish
They are males
They must have done something to deserve this fate.
What choice does each person have at Auschwitz?
Women or children
food or water
Work or Die
Be shot or Burned
convert to Christianity or die
At the end of Chapter 3, to what new camp do Elie and his father go?
Auschwitz
Birkenau
Buna
Burma
Poland
Why do the young Jewish men with knives not attack the SS?
They do not know how to use weapons
They know the knives are not sharp enough
They decide to have faith in God instead.
They are waiting for the right time
They did attack them, but were taken down.
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
The people were reciting the Kaddish, the prayer for the dead, for themselves
True
False
Many of the people believed Moishe's story and prepared to leave Sighet?
True
False
Elie Wiesel said he began to hate them because they were his and his community's first oppressors. Who were they?
the Gestapo Officers
The Hungarian Police
The Members of the Jewish Council
Their non-Jewish Neighbors
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Elie's father
Elie
Moshe the Beadle
What was the setting and the year for the first section of the book?
1935-1939 in Prague, Czechoslovakia
1950-1952 in Palestine and Jerusalem
1910-1915 in Berlin, Germany
1942-1944 in Sighet, Transylvania
What major world event is happening during this time period?
World War I
Civil Rights Movement
The Cold War
The Vietnam War
World War II
What is one theme present within the piece?
Indifference
Religion
Survival
Struggle to Maintain Faith
All of the above
Who did Elie Wiesel get to help him with his religious studies?
His father
Moishe the Beadle
The Gestapo
His sister Tzipora
What news does Elie's father return with after his late-night meeting of the council?
They are going to be sent to Auschwitz.
They are going to be sent to Germany.
They are going to America.
They are going to be deported. The destination is unknown.
When the German soldiers first arrived in Sighet, how was their attitude toward the Jewish residents?
cruel
polite
distrubing
fearful
After the leaders of the Jewish community were arrested, Jews in Sighet were.....
forbidden to own gold or jewelry.
required to wear a yellow Star of David.
not allowed to visit restaurants, cafes, or synagogues.
All of the above.
What 3 lies were the Jewish Citizens told about the camps? (Choose all that apply)
The camps had good working conditions.
Families would not be separated
They would get their jewelry back.
Young will work in factories.Old + Sick will work in fields.
What is the first way the men on the train control Madame Schachter's screams?
Bound and gagged her.
Told her to be quiet.
Hit her in the head multiple times.
They just let her scream.
What three horrors did they learn upon entering Auschwitz? (Choose all that apply)
They saw the flame.
Men in stripes beat them.
They smelled burning flesh.
They saw babies thrown into the fire.
Where do Elie and his family arrive at the end of chapter 2?
Buchenwald
Dachau
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Sighet
What does Bildungsroman mean?
a novel about the moral and psychological growth of a young protagonist
a true story about a young man
a German book about education
historical fiction
What was the name of the camp that Elie and his father arrived at during the beginning of chapter 4?
Auschwitz
Buchenwalk
Tribeblinka
Buna
Where are they first taken to work?
An electrical equipment warehouse
The gas chambers
The dentistry wing
None of the above
Who is known for their "fits of rage?
Juliek
Idek
Yossi and Tibbi
Franek
What happened to the dentist?
He was executed for stealing gold teeth
He went to America to make more profit
He was hung for smuggling bread
He fell ill
Why didn't Elie feel pity for the dentist?
He disliked the dentist becuase he had bad breath.
He thought his gold tooth would now be safe.
It was the thieving dentist's destiny.
The dentist beat Elie and his father.
What did Franek give Elie for his gold crown?
A piece of bread
A shank
Energy pills
Nothing
How many times was Elie whipped for walking in on Idek and a girl?
50
25
20
100
During the bombing, what did one inmate try to do that caused him to die?
He attempted to steal soup
He tried to escape
He begins to scream
He attacks an SS officer
What did Elie say the soup tasted like after the pipel was hanged?
dishwater
bitter greens
corpses
chicken
What was Elie's father beaten with?
A metal chain
An iron skillet
An iron bar
A bat-like piece of wood
Why didn't Elie fast on Yom Kippur? (Page 69) Check two correct answers.
His Dad told him not to, and so he was obeying his father.
He was rebelling against God.
He was not hungry
The SS officers don't allow him to eat
What advice are the men given before the selection? (Pg. 71)
Run as fast as possible
Try to sneak away
Bribe the SS officers
None of the options apply
In January 1945, what part of Elie's body gets infected? (Pg. 78)
Mouth
Stomach
Thumb
Foot
In the concentration camp hospital, Eliezer’s neighbor remarks he has lost faith in everything except what? (Pg. 81)
God
Death
Hitler
Elie
What does Elie's father try to give him after the first selection? (Pg. 75)
His inheritance: a ration of bread
His inheritance: a knife and a spoon.
His inheritance: a ring kept hidden from the SS
His inheritance: a ration of bread and soup
Who died during the selection process?
Eliezer (Elie)
Akiba Drumer
Yossi
Elie's dad
What is the weather like at the end of Chapter 5?
Rainy
Snowy
Thundering
Sunny
