Night Quiz ELA

What does the SS give the prisoners as a New Year's present?

A selection

How does Eliezer pass the selection?

By running as fast as he can

(Ch. 1-3) The author organizes this selection by

Describing what the narrator sees as he walks in a line

The author describes the pipel as the face of an angel in distress in order to--

Evoke a feeling of sympathy for the loss of a young, innocent child.

The SS officer Dr. Mengele could best be characterized as

Feared

Who forces Eliezer to give up his gold crown

Frank the Foreman

How do the SS guards execute prisoners who have committed crimes?

Hanging

Under what suspicion was the "sad-eyed angel" executed?

He blew up a power plant

What is Eliezer's attitude towards God at Rosh Hashanah?

He is angry with God and refuses to praise him

Why does Akiba Drumer lose his will to live and go to the crematory?

He no longer believes in God

The Gestapo sentenced the pipel to death because --

He possessed weapons

The narrator lies about being a farmer during the selection because

He was frightened they would send him to the right if he did not have any practical skills

(Ch. 1-3) The description of Dr. Mengele's baton suggests that

He was selecting who would live and who would die

Why does Eliezer have to have an operation on his legs?

His foot swells from the cold

What is Eliezer's most prized possession

His gold crown

What does Eliezer's father give Eliezer when the father thinks that he is going to the crematory

His knife

(Ch. 7) The mood of paragraphs 2-3 could best be described as one of --

Humiliation

Juliek's reaction to the execution of the youth could best be described as --

Impersonal

(Ch. 4) In paragraph 14, the statement that the soup tasted better suggests that the narrator-

Is no longer bothered by seeing the deaths of other prisoners

What were the prisoners forced to do after each public execution?

March by the victim and look into his face

What does Eliezer later find out about the French girl at Buna

She was a Jew passing as Aryan

(Ch. 7) n paragraphs 2-3, the reader can infer that --

The German people were aware of the Jewish concentration camps during the war

(Ch.4) In paragraph 22, why does the author describe the pipel as a "sad-eyed angel?"

The description creates a somber mood right before the child is executed.

During the air raid only one prisoner dies. How does this casualty occur?

The prisoner is caught outside near the soup cauldrons and is shot.

(Ch. 4) In paragraph 39, the line the soup tasted of corpses suggests that --

The soup left a bad taste in the narrator's mouth as a result of the pipel's hanging.

(Ch. 4) What are paragraphs 16-18 mainly about?

There is an example of a kin Oberkapo and his loyal servant called the pipel who looks like an angel to the prisoners.

What happens to the prisoners every time they enter a new camp

They must strip and shower

(Ch.7) In paragraph 1, what does the setting reveal about the prisoners' living conditions

They were all near death since there was no food and it was constantly snowing.

(Ch. 1-3) The men's recitation of the Kaddish in paragraph 35 is ironic because

They were praying for themselves

(Ch. 1-3) What is the major conflict in paragraphs 1-5

Whether to rebel or wait

How do the prisoners react when an air raid occurs at Buna

With joy

Which holiday does Eliezer refuse to celebrate?

Yom Kippur

An important theme in this selection is that --

anyone can become desensitized to violence