Assignment 7

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.