Select the appropriate letter for the correct response to each question.
1. During the first selection at Birkenau, Eliezer and his
father pretend that their ages are, respectively:
a. 15 and 50
b. 15 and 40
c. 18 and 40
d. 18 and 50
2. Birkenau’s
purpose was to serve as a:
a. work camp
b. reception center
c. a crematory
d. barracks
3. What is not
a reason for Eliezer’s hope:
a. hatred for Hitler
b. faith in God
c. his father
d. the end of the war
4. Why are the Jews
assigned #s?
a. for a “selection” purpose
b. to degrade them
c. to remind them
d. to count them in total
5. Why do the
narrator and his father lie about their ages?
a. they believe they will be let go
b. so they might be grouped together
c. to get the best unit
d. to avoid selection
6. What
consideration is foremost in the narrator’s mind
a. absolute realism
b. staying with his father
c. survival
d. finding his sister
and mother
7. After they are
received at Auschwitz , Eli and the rest of the inmates are made to
a. strip naked
b. be weighed
c. a and b
d. none of the above
8. The SS Soldier
is______ about their survival:
a. optimistic
b.pessimistic
c. altruistic
d. concerned
9. The young Pole
who is the head of the camp when they first arrive at Auschwitz
is:
a. optimistic
b. pessimistic
c. humane
d. a and c
10. Eliezer’s
assigned number is:
a. A-7713
b. A-7703
c. B-7713
d. A-7773
11. How long do they
stay at Auschwitz ?
a. 3 years
b. 3 days
c. 3 weeks
d. 1 week
12. What is the head of the camp replaced by?
a. “real monsters”
b. officers
c. doctors
d. Germans
13. Work is liberty is
a. The Auschwitz slogan
b. Eliezer’s belief
c. the first line of
the Talmud
d. friendly advice
14. The inmates are
not beaten on the way to Buna because of
a. a large roast
b. SS doctors
c. German girls
d. humanity
15. Compare and contrast Akiba Drumer's belief about God in relation to Eliezer's thoughts about God. Be thorough and considerate.
15. Compare and contrast Akiba Drumer's belief about God in relation to Eliezer's thoughts about God. Be thorough and considerate.
