8th English "Night" Exam review

Akiba Drumer

A Jewish victim who loses faith in God when he is selected for the crematories.

The camp will be liquidated

What does the head of the camp announce during a roll call?

Food poisoning

What illness doe Elie suffer from after being liberated?

Because the doctor is a surgeon

Why won't the first doctor who comes along help Elie's father?

Musicians

At Buna, with whom is Elie placed in a block?

Bea

Eliezer's middle sister

His mother and three sisters

From whom is Elie separated at Birkenau?

They beat her up and tie her down

How do people about the cattle car try to get Madame Schachter to quiet down?

Help each other

What advice does the young Polish in charge of their block give them?

He plays one last tune on his violin before dying shortly after

What happens to Juliek?

The Americans

Who comes to rescue the prisoners at the camp?

Eliezer's Kapo in the electrical equipment warehouse

Who is Idek?

To a ghetto within Sighet

After being evacuated from their original homes, where are the Jews of Sighet first sent?

In the block where prisoners were given coffee

After being separated from his father, where does Elie later find him?

Shlomo Wiesel

As the Holocaust progressed, who did Elie Wiesel become more dependent on?

They are forced to live in ghettos and wear yellow stars

As time passes, what happens to the Jews of Sighet?

Their relative from Antwerp, named Stein

At Auschwitz, who recognizes Eliezer and his father?

They travel by foot

By what means of transportation do the prisoners of Buna evacuate the camp?

He wants to rebel against God and his father urges him to eat

During Yom Kippur, why does Elie decide to avoid fasting?

To eat

During his remaining time at Buchenwald, what is Elie's only desire?

Eighteen and forty

During the first selection at Birkenau, what do Eliezer and his father, respectively, pretend their ages are?

His father's presence

During the long run after Buna, what does Elie say was the only thing that kept him from giving up?

Rosh Hashanah

During what Jewish celebration does Elie decide to not ask God for forgiveness?

Franek

Eiezer's foreman at Buna

They would have been liberated by the Russians

Elie and his father decide to leave Buna when the Germans evacuate the camp. What would have happened if they had remained at Buna, in the infirmary?

Death

Elie and the prisoners are witnesses to a young man being hanged. Afterwards, he describes the taste of the food that night. Elie says that the food tastes like...

Hilda

Eliezer's oldest sister

Tzipora

Eliezer's youngest sister

The Germans treat them well

Eventually, the Germans invade Hungary and they enter Sighet. How do the German soldiers first treat the Jewish residents of Sighet?

They aren't allowed to bend down, so they scrape snow off of each other's backs

How do the prisoners appease their thirst as they wait for the train?

He plays dead

How does Moishe the Beadle escape the Gestapo?

He strikes him in the head

How does and SS officer react when Elie's father doesn't quiet down?

He lies and says that he is sick

How is Elie able to keep his gold crown from the Jewish dentist?

He is able to move to the unselected side during a bit of confusion

How is Elie's father spared from a selection?

12

How many prisoners survived the trip to Buchenwald?

A gypsy Kapo

In Birkenau, who beats Elie's father?

The Foot

In January 1945, what sort of infection does Eliezer contract?

Juliek playing Beethoven on the violin

In the barracks at Gleiwitz, what does Eliezer hear?

Hitler

In the concentration camp hospital, Eliezer's neighbor remarks he has lost faith in everything except what?

For the strength to never abandon his father for his own benefit

In the shed, taking a brief break from the run, what does Eliezer pray for?

A furnace

On the train from Sighet, of what does Madame Schachter have visions?

He is mistaken for dead, but Elie wakes him up

On their train trip to Germany, Elie saves his father when he is nearly thrown off the train. Why was he nearly thrown out?

The day after the Sabbath, the day of rest

On what day is Elie's family deported from Sighet?

They are told they will be treated well

The train finally arrives at Auschwitz. At first, how are the prisoners told they will be treated?

Warn the villagers about the Nazi threat

Upon his return to the village, what does Moishe the Beadle try to do?

Bread

What do several Germans throw into the cattle car? Prisoners begin fighting over what is thrown inside.

Hang a child

What do the Gestapo do after they find guns/ammunition being hidden at Buna?

His gold crown

What does Franek demand from Elie?

She screams out of the fear of fire

What does Madame Schachter scream out continuously?

The teachings of the Kabbalah

What does Moishe the Beadle teach Eliezer?

If any of them escape, they will be killed

What does a German soldier tell all those aboard the cattle car?

Soup

What does a man try to unsuccessfully steal during an air raid?

He tells Eliezer and his father to lie about their ages

What does a prisoner, in Birkenau, tell the Wiesels?

His body is taken away during the night

What happens to Elie's father at the end of the chapter?

They are hauled away in train cars, taken to Poland, and are forced to dig their own graves

What happens to Moishe the Beadle and the foreign Jews in Sighet?

Eliezer and his father are separated from Tzipora and his mother

What happens to the Wiesel family when they arrive at Birkenau?

The SS flee the camp

What happens when the resistance movement takes action?

He kills him over food

What horrible thing does Elie witness a son, Meir, do to his father?

Dysentery

What is it that Elie's father is suffering from

Water

What is it that Elie's father keeps on begging for? Elie is hesitant in getting him this.

A selection

What is the "fine New Year's gift" that the SS give to the prisoners?

The Jewish prayer for the dead

What is the Kaddish?

A knife and spoon

What is the inheritance that Elie's father leaves his son?

Stein's family is doing well

What lie does Eliezer tell his cousin Stein?

A safe refuge back at her own home

What offer does Maria, the Wiesel's old servant, offer the family?

They are tattooed with an identification letter/number pattern

What tattoos do the prisoners receive?

A-7713

What was the number that was assigned to Elie Wiesel when he arrived at the first concentration camp?

The crematorium

When Elie Wiesel's father disappeared one morning from his bed after a night of being horribly ill where did Elie Wiesel predict his father had been taken?

A corpse

When Elie looks at himself in the mirror what does he see staring back at him?

Elie doesn't want to admit that he saw Eliahuo's son abandon his weak father

When Rabbi Eliahuo comes around looking for his son, why does Elie lie to him?

Chimneys belonging to crematories

When arriving in Birkenau, what are the prisoners stunned to see as they leave the cattle car?

A warehouse where they count electrical parts

Where are Elie and his father sent to work?

Buna

Where does Eliezer go with his father after being in Auschwitz?

Sighet

Where does Eliezer live with his family?

Buchenwald

Where does Eliezer's father die?

Dr. Mengele

Who is the infamous Nazi doctor presiding over the Auschwitz arrivals?

Elie's father and Meir Katz

Who saves Elie from being strangled by another prisoner?

A French girl at his job place

Who treats Elie nicely? After the war, he later sees this person on a train.

His foot swells up

Why does Elie go to the hospital?

He is losing faith in God

Why isn't Eliezer sure about reciting the Kaddish?