Chapter 6
1.What happened to anyone who did not keep up with the march?They would get shot by the S.S. guards.
2.How did Zalman die?He stopped because he had a stomach cramp and he started getting naked, but he got ran over the the other people.
3.What horrible realization did Elie come to concerning Rabbi Eliahou and his son?How did Elie respond to this?He saw son killing his father for crumbs of bread.He wanted that this scene wouldn't repeat with his father and him.
4.What was Juliek's last act?He played for the last time and made Elie understand that he was playing his violin like his life.
5.How did Elie help his father when the selection was made?Elie ran to his father and everybody started imitating him by running left to right causing confusion.
Chapter 7
1.How did Elie help his dad when he was in the train?He waked up his dad, so the two guys wouldn't throw his dad off the train.
2.Describe the scene Elie witness between a father and a son on the train.
He saw a son kill his own father for crumbs of bread.
3.How many got out of the wagon?Where had they arrived? 12 Jewish people and they arrived in Buchenwald
Chapter 8
1.Explain how father/son roles had been reversed in the case of Elie and his father?Instead of father protecting so, son protected father.
2.Why was Elie's father being beaten?His neighbors couldn't stand him no more.
3.What did Elie think the advice given to him by the head of the block?He was loosing his father and he felt guilty that moment.
Chapter 9
1.What happend April 5th?The turning point came and they were all released.
2.What was the resistance movement?What did they do?It was when everyone fought against the Nazi, including people from the outside of the concentration camp.
3.What did the prisoners do when they were freed?They wanted bread, but the taught of revenge never hit their mind.
4.Who did Elie see in the mirror on the last page of the book?What did he mean?He saw a corpse. A weak and skinny corpse that he will never forget.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Assignment 6
Chapter 4
1.What were the objectives of the medical examination?
Medical doctors would check Jewish prisoners to see if they were healthy and be sent back to work and to see if the had gold teeth, so they can be taken away
2.Why were Jewish musicians not allowed to play Beethoven?
Beethoven was a German composer.
3.Describe one if Idek's bouts of madness.
He would take out his rage on the first one he saw.
4.How did Elie initially avoid loosing his gold crown?
By lying that he wasn't feeling good.
5.How did Elie meet on the Paris metro.
He met a French women in the concentration camp that he later saw.
6.What happened to Elie when he refused to give his gold crown to Franek?What was the end result?Franek beat up Elie's dad several times and Elie gave up his gold crown for nothing.
7.Describe the scene of the soup cauldrons.
One of the inmates crawled for some soup and he got shot.
8.During the preliminary ceremonies before hanging, what did Juliek whisper to Elie?What did he suggest?"They're expecting trouble". They taught it was going to be tough because the were going to fight.
9.During one hanging, Elie and the other prisoners cried.What made this hanging different from the others? The little kid was to light and he could breathe, but he was between life and death and after half hour he died.
Chapter 5
1.Why didn't Elie fast on Yom Kippur? He was forbidden by his father and he no longer accepted God's silence. As sign of rebellion, he swallowed his rations.
2.What advice was given to Elie to pass the selection?
"Run as if the devil was in your hells. Don't look at the S.S.Run in a straight line.And don't be afraid."
3.How did Elie's father respond when he had learned that his name had been written down?
4.What did Akiba Drumer ask others to do for him?Did they do it?
Gather 10 men and hold a special service and think of him. All his friends would gather and say kaddish, but they didn't.
5.Why was Elie placed in a hospital?He was going to get surgery.
6.Why was the camp evacuated?What did Elie learn of the faith of those who stayed behind in the hospital?He taught that Russians were coming to rescue them two days after.
1.What were the objectives of the medical examination?
Medical doctors would check Jewish prisoners to see if they were healthy and be sent back to work and to see if the had gold teeth, so they can be taken away
2.Why were Jewish musicians not allowed to play Beethoven?
Beethoven was a German composer.
3.Describe one if Idek's bouts of madness.
He would take out his rage on the first one he saw.
4.How did Elie initially avoid loosing his gold crown?
By lying that he wasn't feeling good.
5.How did Elie meet on the Paris metro.
He met a French women in the concentration camp that he later saw.
6.What happened to Elie when he refused to give his gold crown to Franek?What was the end result?Franek beat up Elie's dad several times and Elie gave up his gold crown for nothing.
7.Describe the scene of the soup cauldrons.
One of the inmates crawled for some soup and he got shot.
8.During the preliminary ceremonies before hanging, what did Juliek whisper to Elie?What did he suggest?"They're expecting trouble". They taught it was going to be tough because the were going to fight.
9.During one hanging, Elie and the other prisoners cried.What made this hanging different from the others? The little kid was to light and he could breathe, but he was between life and death and after half hour he died.
Chapter 5
1.Why didn't Elie fast on Yom Kippur? He was forbidden by his father and he no longer accepted God's silence. As sign of rebellion, he swallowed his rations.
2.What advice was given to Elie to pass the selection?
"Run as if the devil was in your hells. Don't look at the S.S.Run in a straight line.And don't be afraid."
3.How did Elie's father respond when he had learned that his name had been written down?
4.What did Akiba Drumer ask others to do for him?Did they do it?
Gather 10 men and hold a special service and think of him. All his friends would gather and say kaddish, but they didn't.
5.Why was Elie placed in a hospital?He was going to get surgery.
6.Why was the camp evacuated?What did Elie learn of the faith of those who stayed behind in the hospital?He taught that Russians were coming to rescue them two days after.
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