WorksheetsNight Sections 1-2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the setting at the beginning of Chapter 1?
Sighet, Transylvania; 1941
Moishe, Transylvania; 1944
Sighet, Hungary; 1941
Ghettos; 1944
Who was Elie's spitirtual teacher/mentor?
Scholmo Wiesel
Moishe the Beadle
Moses the Leader
The Talmud
Why is Moishe the Beadle deported?
He is a foreign Jew
He is wanted for a crime he committed
He is disabled
None of the above
Who tries to warn the Jews of Sighet that they are in danger of being deported?
Elie's mother
Elie
Elie's father
Moishe the Beadle
Why did Elie's father not want to leave Sighet?
He was afraid of leaving
It was his home, and he was too old.
He had a business he needed to run
He was afraid of Nazi's
Who unsuccessfully came to warn Elie's family about what was happening?
an inspector from the Hungarian police who knew Elie's father
Hitler
a Gestapo officer who knew Elie's mother
Batia Reich, Elie's relative who was living with them
What was the first impression the Jews had of the German soldiers?
They were vile, foreboding men
They were similar to the Hungarian police
They were likeable
This is a trick question. The Jews in this story were never confronted by German soldiers.
What was the first edict that was given to the Jews of Sighet?
They could not leave their home for 3 days
They couldn't have dessert
They could not own pets
They had to work under intense conditions
What were the Jews forbidden to own?
Jewelry and valuables
Homes and cars
Technology
Food and clothes
Who did Elie consider to be his first oppressors?
The Hungarian Police
The Nazis of Germany
The Gestapo
His own father
Who gave Elie's family a third opportunity to leave and escape before they were taken?
Moishe the Beadle
The Jewish Council
The Hungarian Police
Maria the former maid
How many people were forced into cattle cars?
20
80
100
50
What happened to anyone who tried to escape the cattle cars?
They were beaten
They were left
They were not allowed to eat
They were killed
Where did the train finally stop?
Auschwitz, located in Poland
Auschwitz, located in Germany
a new ghetto in Poland
Concentration camp in Germany
What did Mrs. Schachter foreshadow?
The bludgeoning of her son
The separation of her family
The death of Wiesel's father
The chimneys with smoke and the smell of burning flesh
