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: "We were to leave the train here. There was a labor camp on the site. The conditions were good. Families would not be separated." (Wiesel 27)
Dramatic irony
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What is Elie's family like? Who's in it?
His mother, father, two older sisters, and his younger sister.
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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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What happened to the Jews of Sighet after they were in the ghettos?
Deportation to the concentration camps.
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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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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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Who is Dr. Mengele?
A doctor at the concentration camp that performed harsh experiments on Jews at the camp.
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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 camps was Weisel at? List them in order.
Birkenau, Auschwitz, Buna
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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..."