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WorksheetsNight Chapters 1 and 2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is Elie's attitude toward God and religion at the beginning of his memoir?
He's an atheist
He goes to synagogue, but his heart is not in it
He believes people should keep God and religion to themselves
He is very devout, learning more about God and religion are the most important things to him
Why is Moishe the Beadle expelled from Sighet?
He is a foreigner
He has spoken out against Hitler
He is making up stories about the SS murdering Jews
He is teaching Eli Kaballah even though Elie's father forbade it
How did Moishe escape his captivity?
He ran away when no one was looking
He was wounded and left for dead
He attacked the SS officers and stole their Jeep
He disguised himself as a Hungarian police officer
What did the Gestapo do with the infants in the forest?
Gave them to non-Jewish families to raise
Used them for target practice
Fed them to the wolves
Sold them into slavery
How does Moishe act differently after he returns from his expulsion?
He is now a Hitler supporter
He never talks about what happened in the forest
He no longer talks about God
He got married to a young woman he met while he was away
Why doesn't Elie's father leave Sighet when Elie asks him to?
He says he is too old to start over again
He can't leave Elie's mother alone in the hospital
He is afraid he will get fired from his job if they leave
He is afraid they will be captured by the Germans
How do the German soldiers act when they first arrive in Sighet?
They are cruel and beat the Jews with sticks
They are kind to the people they stay with and bring them gifts
They are greedy and take and take over all the businesses, throwing the Jews in the street
They act stealthy, trying to fins all the spies in Sighet
Hungarian police issue all of the following edicts EXCEPT
Jews couldn't own any jewelers or valuables
Jews couldn't travel by rail
Jews couldn't be on the streets after 6pm
Jews couldn't work anywhere except labor camps
When the Jews first have to wear the yellow star, Elie's father says, "The yellow star? So what? It's not lethal..." In his memoir, Elie responds, "(Poor father. Of what then did you die?)" Elie's commentary is an example of:
Symbolism
Personification
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
Why don't the Jews mind being moved to the ghettos?
They are among themselves
There are nicer houses in the ghetto
The ghettos have better night life
They are able to stay in their own houses in the ghettos
Elie says the ghetto was ruled by:
Nazis
Delusion
Hunger
Hate
As the first wave of evacuation occurs, Elie says the deportees "passed me by, like beaten dogs". Elie uses this simile to show:
Jews were attacked physically by the Nazis
Jews no longer took care of their physical appearance
Jews were broken and dehumanized
Jews wore the yellow star like a dog collar
How many Jews were forced onto each cattle car during the evacuation?
200
80
1000
30
What does Mrs. Schachter scream about?
Her son has been taken from her
They have no water
She doesn't have enough room to lie down
She sees a fire
The young men on the train do all of the following to Mrs. Schachter EXCEPT:
Tie her up
Throw her from the train
Gag her
Beat her
