How did the people on the train try to get Madame Schachter to be quiet?
They tried to reason with her and put a damp rag on her forehead. When that didn't work, they bound, gagged, and beat her.
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What happened to Moishe when he was expelled from Sighet?
He was taken to a remote location. SS officers had the foreign Jews dig a large trench. SS shot the adults and threw babies in the air for target practice.
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How did the Jews of Sighet get to the concentration camp? Describe what it was like.
They took a train. The SS crammed 80 people into one cattle car and gave people some bread and two buckets of water to share. The ride took at least three days.
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How do the people of Sighet feel about Moishe the Beadle?
Because he made himself invisible to them, they tolerated his presence. But they weren't fond of people who were poor, like Moishe.
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What literary device is being used in the following passage: "Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke (...). Never shall I those flames..."
Repetition
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What type of conflict is demonstrated in the following passage: "Then, as if waking from a deep sleep, he slapped my father with such force that he fell down and then crawled back to his place on all fours." (Wiesel 39)
Man vs. Man
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How did Elie and the men he was with get to Buna? How long did it take.
They walked and it took them four hours.
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What literary device is being used in the following passage: "I was nothing but a body. Perhaps even less: a famished stomach." (Wiesel 52)
Metaphor
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What happened to the Jews of Sighet after they were in the ghettos?
Deportation to the concentration camps.
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What type of conflict is demonstrated in the following passage: "Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live." (Wiesel 34)
Man vs. Self
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What restrictions were placed on the Jews of Sighet by the Germans? Name at least three.
Leaders of the community were arrested, Jews couldn't leave their homes for 3 days, own gold/valuables, go to restaurants, ride the train. Had to wear a star.
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What did the Jews of Sighet first think when they Germans arrived? Why?
They thought that they seemed nice because they were so polite. They were not violent or oppressive at first.
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What is Elie's family like? Who's in it?
His mother, father, two older sisters, and his younger sister.