Identify the following:
Name_________________________________________________
1. Moshe the Beadle
2. Tzipora
3. Birkenau
4. "Work is Liberty"
5. A-7713
Answer the following questions with one word or short phrase:
1. How old did Elie tell Dr. Mengele he was?
2. How old was he really?
3. While Elie was still in Sighet, what symbol did all Jews have to wear on their outer clothes?
4. What did Madame Schacter claim she saw out the window of the train?
5. When Elie and his father arrived at their first concentration camp, they thought they were going to be
6. Upon his return to the village, what does Moshe the Beadle try to do?
7. After being evacuated from their original homes, where are the Jews of Sighet first sent?
8. On what day is Eliezer’s family deported from Sighet?
(A) Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year
(B) Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement
(C) The first day of Passover, the commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt
(D) The Sabbath, the day of rest
9. What do several men on the train do when they are unable to endure Madame Schächter’s screaming?
(A) Stuff their ears with cotton
(B) Beat her senseless
(C) Jump off the train
(D) Persuade her son to keep her quiet
10. From whom is Eliezer separated at Birkenau?
(A) His mother and three sisters
(B) His father
(C) Both his parents
(D) His entire family
11. What is the Kaddish?
(A) The Jewish prayer for the dead
(B) A leader of the Jewish community
(C) The Hebrew translation of “The Holocaust”
(D) The book of Jewish mysticism
12. In Birkenau, who beats Eliezer’s father?
(A) Meir Katz
(B) A gypsy Kapo
(C) An SS guard
(D) A horde of prisoners
13. At Auschwitz, who recognizes Eliezer and his father?
(A) Their relative from Antwerp, named Stein
(B) A French Jewish woman posing as an Aryan
(C) Their rabbi from Sighet
(D) An old customer of Eliezer’s father
14. At Buna, with whom is Eliezer placed in a block?
(A) Electricians
(B) Masons
(C) Farmers
(D) Musicians
15. What is Idek?
(A) Eliezer’s Kapo in the electrical equipment warehouse
(B) A violinist who befriends Eliezer
(C) Yosi’s brother
(D) An old Jewish mystic
16. To whom does Eliezer lose the gold crown on his tooth?
(A) Franek
(B) Idek
(C) Akiba Drumer
(D) A Jewish dentist from Czechoslovakia
17. What do the Gestapo do after an instance of sabotage at Buna?
(A) Arrest Eliezer
(B) Torture Eliezer’s father
(C) Hang a young child
(D) Close down Buna
killed. How?