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ITIAM Ch5+6

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is Levi happy or sad to be leaving Ka-Be?

a)

Happy

b)

Sad

c)

Both

2.

Why is leaving Ka-Be dangerous?

a)

Because you're not healed properly and will get re-infected

b)

Because you are put randomly into a new block and new Kommando where you are unaware of the rules

c)

Because others are angry that you had special treatment and you will be picked on for a few weeks

3.

Who is Alberto?

a)

Levi's best friend, very intuitive and clever

b)

Levi's enemy, very angry and unfair

c)

Levi's father, a strong man who is missed

d)

Levi's cousin, in Block 47 at the camp

4.

In light of the camp’s dehumanizing effect, actions like ______ or _____ in the evening hours are distinctively human activities, and thus represent their own form of resistance to Nazi ideology. (two correct)

a)

Telling/singing stories

b)

Smiling at each other in the bunks

c)

Using your old skills, like looking after prisoners' feet

d)

Remembering old friends and writing them letters in your head

5.

What does Levi dream about in Chapter 5?

a)

His sister not being interested in his story

b)

His mother not wanting him to come home

c)

Being hungry, dreaming of food

d)

Not being able to go to the toilet

6.

Levi's dream represents a common fear amongst the prisoners. What is that fear?

4 lines
7.

Draw the dreams of the other men in the block.

8.

What is Chapter 5 called? O__ N_____

(a)  

9.

Which of these characteristics apply to Resnyk, Levi's new bunkmate and work partner? (multiple correct)

a)

Strong

b)

Kind

c)

Skinny

d)

Angry

e)

Humorous

10.

Resnyk demonstrates a kindness and propensity for self-sacrifice rarely seen amongst the prisoners in the camp. Why might Levi have wanted to focus on this? What is he trying to show his readers?

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11.

At the end of Chapter 5, the Kapo’s gentle command suggests that, unlike the German guards, the Kapos—at least the benevolent ones—are not interested in inflicting pointless suffering on the Jewish prisoners. This indicates that the quest to de (a)   the Jews is a uniquely German pursuit that is typically not undertaken by the various other ethnicities at the camp.

12.

Why does no-one want to be first to receive soup at midday?

a)

Because the first one burns their mouth it's so hot

b)

Because the first portion has the most liquid, least solid

c)

Because they will appear greedy in front of the guards and get punished

d)

Incorrect question - they all fight to be first, actually. Ms Bailey YOU IDIOT

13.

At the beginning of Chapter 7, what does Levi say their purpose in life is?

a)

To love

b)

To reach the spring

c)

To escape

d)

To survive until the end of the war

14.

What makes Levi realise that there is green grass growing outside the camp?

a)

Alberto shows him as they walk to work

b)

The sun comes out

c)

They have to cut it by hand

d)

They have to measure it

15.

Draw the 'good day' that Levi describes in Chapter 7.

16.

Which Literary text do you think you might choose for your Individual Oral exam in May?

a)

Primo Levi's 'If This is a Man'

b)

Shakespeare's 'Othello'

c)

Not sure, I like them both!

17.

Make Ruben into a BIRTHDAY PARTY BOY!