Ass. 6- Ch. 4-5 Q's

Answer the following questions;

Chapter 4

1. What were the objectives of the medical examinations?

To see if they were healthy enough to live or to be burned; to look for gold crowns so they could be removed.

2.Why were the Jewish musicians not allowed to play Beethoven? They weren't allowed to play German music.

3.Describe one if Idek's bouts of madness.

He gets so mac that he just has to hit someone or something and its better to keep out of the way.

4.How did Elie initially avoid losing his gold crown? He pretended to be ill, he said he didn't feel good and that he had temperature.
5.Who did Elie meet on the Paris metro.

The girl that told him to be patient after Idek beat him up.

6.What happened to Ellie when he refused to give his crown to Franek? What was the end result?

Franek put Elie's father in the marching group although he knew he couldn't march.He then started hitting him. After Franek got Ellie to the point were he couldn't watch any longer; he had Ellie give him a ration of bread and he had someone yank out his tooth with a rusty spoon.

7.Describe the scene at the soup cauldrons.

All the men are sent to their rooms and there are 2 cauldrons left in front of the kitchen. A man dares to go and drink from them and everyone is jealous of him and then he dies after the Americans start bombing.

8.During the preliminary ceremonies before hanging, what did Juliek tell whisper to Elie? What does this suggest?

"They're expecting trouble." He knew the Germans were afraid that if 1 Jew did something the rest would follow.

9.During one hanging, Elie and the other prisoners cried. What made this hanging different from the others?

To them, it was very painful to watch two men and a little boy being hanged. Since the boy didn't weigh that much, he died slowly and painfully.Elie said to himself that it was God who was hanging in the gallows.

Chapter 5

1.Why didn't Elie fast on Yom Kippur?

To please his father because he had forbidden him to do so and because it was dangerous.

2.What advice was given to Elie to pass the selection?

To run like the devil was after him so that he could give himself a little color.

3.How did Elie's father respond when he had learned that his name had been written down?

He felt that his time was short and he started to give Elie his valuable belongings/ possessions

4.What did Akiba Drumer ask others to do for him? Did they do it?

He had asked them to pray the kaddish for him if in three days he was no longer there;They didn't do it because they forgot.

5.Why was Elie placed in the hospital?

His right foot was swelling from the cold and had to be operated if not amputated.

6.Why was the camp evacuated?

It was evacuated because the Russians were coming.

7.What did Elie learn of the fate of those who stayed behind in the hospital?

They were simply liberated by the Russians 2 days after the evacuation.