Nigh ch 7,8&9

Why does Wiesel get upset years later when a lady throws coins to children who fight over them?

He doesn't believe that people should be given money; they should receive food instead

What advice does the Blockalteste offer Elie?

His father is doomed, so Elie should be the one to kill him and put him out of his misery

When Elie, a son, begins to take care of his own father at Buchenwald, what motif is most apparent?

Pride and its downfall

What is the test that Elie believes that he has failed?

Prioritizing food over faith

All of the following desires are what the Jews crave when they are free except which?

Revenge

Why does Wiesel refer to the mass of men on the train as "a cemetery covered with snow" (98)?

The simile characterizes the men as angelic, innocent creatures protecting the dead

What do the men become or do when bread is thrown into the train?

They refuse to eat it and don't want pity

When one son kills his father for bread and the son is killed by others, what theme is best gleaned?

What goes around comes around

Why does Wiesel characterize the dead, abandoned men thrown from the train as "naked orphans without a tomb" (99)?

Wiesel characterizes the men as children who long and desire to have their parents with them

Why does Wiesel refer to the people who throw out dead bodies from the train within quotation marks (e.g. "gravediggers")? In other words, what does Wiesel mean with these marks?

Wiesel emphasizes that these men are professional gravediggers