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INCLUDE ALL OF YOUR RESPONSES TO THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR GOOGLE DOCUMENT FOR NIGHT

Define the following words.

automatons                                                                          entity

parched                                                                                 famished

petrified                                                                                bewildered

stupefied                                                                               bereaved

privations                                                                             semblance

apathy                                                                                   vigilance

embarkation

Answer the following questions (from your reading homework)

1.       As the prisoners of the camp set out from Buna, they are not allowed to stop or slow down.  What is the consequence of a prisoner stopping?  What will happen to them?

2.       What does the narrator explain as the only thing that kept him from stopping or slowing down?

3.       Where do they stop at first?

4.       Why is Eliezer warned not to fall asleep?  What do Eliezer and his father do instead/ where do they end up?

5.       What or who is Rabbi Eliahou looking for?  What has happened?  What does Eli realize?

6.       What destination do they finally reach?

7.       Who does Eli find as they enter the new camp?  What is he worried about and what eventually happens to him?

8.       What new threat do Eli and his father face in the new camp?  

9.       How long do they stay at the new camp and what are they made to do?

10.    “On the third day, at dawn”, what happens?  What is the possible reason for this occurrence?

11.    Explain fully how Eli escapes being separated from his father?

12.    What do the prisoners do to quench their thirst?

 Write a short paragraph on the difference between Eli’s devotion to his father and Rabbi Eliahou’s son’s devotion.  Briefly comment on how this explains the stress put upon a son’s responsibility to his father.  Overall, answer the question of why Eliahou’s son would do such a thing?  Why are Eliahou’s son’s actions rational but still unacceptable?