Trivia

Question 1

What did Madame Schachter see in her vision?

Answer 1

a fire - a furnace with huge flames

Question 2

What was Elie’s main motivation in the concentration camps?

Answer 2

to stay alive for his father

Question 3

Why was it dangerous for the French girl to speak to Elie?

Answer 3

Because she was really Jewish

Question 4

Why did Idek whip Elie?

Answer 4

Because Elie tried to defend his father

Question 5

Why did Elie give Franek his gold crown?

Answer 5

To get Franek to stop beating Elie’s dad

Question 6

After liberation, what was the only thing the prisoners were concerned with?

Answer 6

food

Question 7

What almost killed Elie after the liberation?

Answer 7

Dysentery

Question 8

When Elie’s father is sick with Dysentery, what does he beg Elie for?

Answer 8

Water

Question 9

What is a Kapo?

Answer 9

A prisoner with power

Question 10

What happened to Elie’s mother?

Answer 10

She died shortly after arriving at Auschwitz

Question 11

Why didn’t Elie fast on Yom Kippur?

Answer 11

His father told him not to so he could keep his strength

Question 12

Why were the Jewish musicians not allowed to play music by Beethoven?

Answer 12

Jews weren’t allowed to play German music

Question 13

Why was Elie placed in the hospital?

Answer 13

His foot swelled from the cold and he needed an operation

Question 14

What did some of the passengers do to quiet Madame Schacter?

Answer 14

Hit her, knocked her out, and tied her up

Question 15

What was the “compulsory formality” at the entrance of all the camps?

Answer 15

Going through the showers

Question 16

What sort of identification was used on the prisoners?

Answer 16

tattoos on the left arm

Question 17

What was Juliek’s last act?

Answer 17

He played Beethoven

Question 18

What happened to anyone who could not keep up with the march?

Answer 18

They were killed or trampled to death

Question 19

What is a ghetto according to the book?

Answer 19

A section of town where the Jews had to live that was surrounded by barbed wire.

Question 20

What were the prisoners’ rations at each meal?

Answer 20

Morning: black coffee
Midday: soup
Night: bread w/ something (usually soup)

Question 21

True or False: The men were more depressed than ever after the bombing of Buna.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

True or False: The young pipel was beloved by all in the camp

Answer 22

True

Question 23

True or False: Elie didn’t want to share his soup with his dying father, but did it anyway.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

True or False: Elie and his father mad the right choice when they decided to evacuated two days after Elie’s foot surgery.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

True or False: Elie Wiesel was the only member of his family to survive the concentration camps.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

True or False: The Jews of Sighet had no warning that they were in danger until the Germans showed up in their village.

Answer 26

False

Question 27

True or False: 12 of the prisoners survived the 10-day train trip.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

True or False: Meir KAtz was trampled on teh march to Gliewitz.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

True or False: Moshe taught Elie Kabbalah

Answer 29

True

Question 30

True or False: All Germans were loyal to Hitler.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

"I've got more faith in _____ than in anyone else."

Answer 31

Hitler

Question 32

"Long live liberty! My curse on ______!"

Answer 32

Germany

Question 33

"_____ is dead."

Answer 33

God

Question 34

"That night, the soup tasted of ______."

Answer 34

corpses

Question 35

"Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock strikes _______."

Answer 35

midnight

Question 36

Who survived to tell the stories of the camps?

Answer 36

Elie

Question 37

Who played Beethoven as an act of rebellion?

Answer 37

Juliek

Question 38

Who died of Dysentery?

Answer 38

Father

Question 39

Who had offered the Wiesel family safe refuge?

Answer 39

Martha

Question 40

Who was trampled to death during evacuation?

Answer 40

Zalman

Question 41

Who tormented Elie's dad to get Elie's tooth?

Answer 41

Franek

Question 42

Who had visions of the furnaces?

Answer 42

Madam Schrachter

Question 43

Who was the Kapo who had bouts of madness?

Answer 43

Idek

Question 44

Who was the Rabbi who searched for his son?

Answer 44

Eliahou

Question 45

Who died on the train?

Answer 45

Meir Katz

Question 46

Widely known for a bad reason:

Answer 46

Notorious

Question 47

Loaded down by something so that your progress is made more difficult:

Answer 47

Encumbered

Question 48

Loud, boisterous, and disorderly:

Answer 48

Raucous

Question 49

A person's last name:

Answer 49

Surname

Question 50

People who are forced to leave a country:

Answer 50

Deportees

Question 51

Made thin due to starvation:

Answer 51

Emaciated

Question 52

A group of vehicles travelling together:

Answer 52

Convoy

Question 53

Lacking strength, weak:

Answer 53

Feeble

Question 54

The intentional destruction of something to help defeat a cause:

Answer 54

Sabotage

Question 55

An eyeglass for one eye:

Answer 55

Monocle