What is the name of the town where Elie grew up?
Sighet
What Jewish scripture does Elie study with the help of Moishe the Beadle?
Cabbala
Which group of Jews is expelled from Sighet first, including Moishe the Beadle?
Foreign Jews
After being forced to leave their homes, where are the Jews in Elie's village first
sent?
The ghetto
On the train to Birkenau, what does Madame Schächter "see"?
A fiery furnace
During the first selection at Birkenau, Elie and his father say they are how old?
18 and 40
What was the final step in the admission process to the camp?
A number tattooed on the prisoners arms
To whom did Elie lose his gold crown?
Franek
Why was Elie whipped by Idek in the warehouse?
He was caught spying on him
How did Elie describe the taste of the soup after the hanging of the "sad-eyed
angel"?
It tasted of corpses
What is the name of the Jewish holiday celebrating the new year?
Rosh Hashanah
What does Elie's father give him, which Elie refers to as his "inheritance"?
A knife and a spoon
Who was lying underneath Elie in the barracks at Gleiwitz?
Juliek
What does Elie hear during the night at Gleiwitz?
A violin playing
How does Elie save his father on the second train journey?
He slapped him until he woke up
Of the 100 men who were in Elie's train car, how many survived the trip?
12
What is the name of the concentration camp in Germany where Elie and his father
ended up?
Buchenwald
What disease was Elie's father suffering from?
Dysentery
What did Elie's father keep begging for even though it was "the worst poison" for
him?
Water
Why does Elie say Akiba Drumer was selected for the crematoria?
He lost his faith in God