WorksheetsNight Chapter 3 Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
"Never shall I forget these flames which consumed my faith forever."
He was no longer a child inside; he felt numb and stopped praying.
He felt wise beyond his years.
He felt like he was very old.
He felt like child throwing a tantrum.
Why was the Polish prisoner in charge of Elie’s block removed?
He was too mean.
He got sick.
He was too physically violent.
He was too kind.
What is the central idea of Chapters 2-3?
Eliezer and the other Jews of Sighet endure a horrific train ride to Auschwitz where many are sent to the crematorium and the rest become prisoners in the concentration camp.
Eliezer is disturbed by the delusional rantings of Mrs. Schächter's because they turn out to be true once they arrive at Auschwitz where his mother and sister are sent to the crematorium.
Eliezer’s father forces him to eat the disgusting soup every night because he needs to maintain his strength in order to attempt to escape Auschwitz.
Eliezer does not understand how his life changed so much in one week and why his whole family was sent to the crematorium and not him.
What were the first instructions shouted at Elie and his family as they got off the train at Auschwitz?
"Go back home!"
"Good evening!"
"Men to the left! Women to the right!"
"What is your name?"
What effect does it have on Elie when he witnesses the burning of the babies when entering Auschwitz? (Select the 2 answers that apply)
It makes Elie want to run into the electrified barbed wire surrounding the camp. This would lead to a faster death than fire.
Elie leaves his father to join his mother's side.
Elie begins to question his faith/religion.
Elie hurdles the perimeter fence and runs away from Auschwitz.
While only two steps away from the pit of flames they were being led to, Elie and his father were directed to make sharp left turn and head into the ______________ instead.
cafeteria
hospital
barber shop
barracks
What does Elie witness in chapter three that he claims he would have dealt with just the day before?
He sees his mom taken to the crematorium.
He witnessed one of his sisters being killed.
He watched infants being disposed of in the fire pits.
He witnessed his father being struck to the ground.
"An SS officer had come in and, with him, the smell of the Angel of Death. We stared at his fleshy lips. He harangued us from the center of the barrack:
'You are in a concentration camp. In Auschwitz...'" What does 'harangued' mean?
to aggressively lecture someone.
to physically beat someone.
to aggressively praise someone.
to follow someone.
Each prisoner was assigned a number and had it tattooed on their arms. Elie was A-7713. Who tattooed the new prisoners as they arrived at the camp?
The SS officers tattooed the inmates.
Citizens from the nearest German town were brought in to tattoo the inmates.
Veteran prisoners tattooed the inmates.
To his amazement, Elie's mother had been assigned the duty of tattooing inmates.
Why did Elie lie to Stein, the man his father didn't recognize as a relative?
He hated Stein.
Elie knew his father hated Stein, so he lied to him.
Stein's wife was Elie's least favorite teacher from Sighet.
Elie wanted to give Stein hope that his family was still alive.
When a transport arrived from Antwerp, Belgium, Stein was given the real news. What does Elie mean when he says this? "A transport just arrived from Antwerp. I shall go to see them tomorrow. Surely they will have n e w s ... " He left.
We never saw him again. He had been given the news. The real news."
Stein's family is dead.
Stein was to be liberated immediately.
The war had just ended!
Stein would be promoted to bunk president.
Elie and his father are skilled workers.
True
False
What is the name of the camp that Elie and his father are transported to at the end of chapter 3?
Birkenau
Blitzkreig
Dachau
Buna
As Eli and his dad are being pushed toward uncertainty (camp or crematoria), Eli thought
that he would just kill himself by running into the electric fence.
about how he hated his father for not escaping when they had a chance.
his legs would give out from walking too much.
about how God would save them all.
One way an author has to effectively emphasize a point is through selective repetition of a word or phrase. What phrase does Elie employ to highlight the horror of his first night in a concentration camp?
Never shall I forget...
This is madness!
How will I escape?
I must make it out alive.
How did some religious Jews react to their troubles? How did Elie feel about God?
They saw it as a normal test from God. Elie believed God was showing him the way to Kabbalah.
No Jew ever lost faith. He felt God did this because He knew Elie could handle it.
As a test from God.
He stopped believing because if he was real, he would not let something so horrible happen.
They were in denial about all of it. Elie never felt closer to God in these moments.
How much time had passed between Elie and his family leaving Sighet and the ghetto and being separated in Birkenau?
a week
one night
a few days
a few hours
