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Comprehension Questions pp.29-46
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1. Elie and his father are encouraged to lie upon their arrival at Birkenau. Give evidence from the book showing how
they feel about their lie.
2. What is Dr. Mengele’s job?
3. Why does Elie’s father wish Elie had gone with his mother? What does this reveal about his father?
4. Why does Elie feel anger at the words from Kaddish?
5. What is the job of the Sonder-Kommando?
6. What shocks Elie when the Gypsy slaps his father?
7. What lie does Elie tell Stein about Stein’s family? Was it right to tell this lie? Why or why not?
8. What was Elie’s opinion of God on p.45? What is Akiba Drumer’s explanation?
9. What has probably happened to Elie’s mother and sister Tzipora by this time in the book?
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Comprehension Questions pp.47-65
Name __________________________
1. What two possessions of Elie’s are seen as desirable in Buna? How does he avoid parting with these items?
2. Why does the young French woman help Elie after his beating by Idek?
3. What surprises Elie about his reaction when Elie’s father gets beaten by Idek?
4. Why does Franek begin to beat Elie’s father?
5. Elie is beaten for witnessing Idek have relations with a girl. What is his punishment and the threat made against
him?
6. What is the purpose for an “Alert?”
7. How do the Jewish prisoners feel about the bombing?
8. What affected Elie so much about the hanging of the pipel? Why does Wiesel remark the soup tasted as it did on p.
65? Contrast that with Elie’s statement about the soup on the day of the bombing.
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Questions:
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