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What did the SS Officers threaten to do to the ones who couldn't keep up with the marching/running?
That they would kill them
That they would let them starve
That they would kill their families
That they would shoot them in the knee
What happens to Elie's friend, Zalman?
He is shot
He is trampled by the other prisoners
He has a seizure
He passes out in the snow and is left there to die
After running for hours, where do Elie and his father go to rest (Chapter 6)?
A ditch, covered in moss
A broken down truck's bed
Beside a n nearly frozen tree
In an abandoned shed
Why did Shlomo wake Elie up (Chapter 6)?
He said it was dangerous to sleep in the snow
He thought he was dead
He thought they had the chance to escape
He wanted to move to a different location
What camp do they finally reach in Chapter 6?
Buna
Treblenka
Gleiwitz
Buchenwald
What is Juliek worried about most in Chapter 6?
Being killed in his sleep
Elie losing his father
His violin being smashed
None of the above
What does Elie wake up to in Chapter 6?
Juliek's dead body
His father being beaten
SS guards whipping prisoners
A man weeping beside him
How long do they stay at the camp without food and water in Chapter 6?
2 days
3 days
4 days
1 week
What does Elie do when his father is put on the "bad" side during selection?
Distracts the SS officers while Shlomo returns to the other side
Weeps, thinking his father is going to die
Holds Shlomo and reassures him that everything is okay
Runs over there and brings him to the other side
How many people were on each cattle train to Buchenwald?
12
20
88
100
During the train ride, what happens?
Two prisoners try to escape, resulting in them being shot at
Corpses are thrown of the train
The train is stocked with food, so the prisoners get to eat well
A prisoner gets in a fight with an SS officer
How does Elie convince prisoners not to throw Elie's father off the train (Chapter 7)?
By bribing them with bread
He told them that if they did, he would push them out
He said that God was watching
He convinced them that Shlomo was alive
What is Elie horrified by during the train ride?
People killing each other over a piece of bread
Prisoners pick-pocketing corpses for anything they could find
A prisoner commiting suicide by jumping out of the train
An SS officer taunting the prisoners with food
What happens to Elie one night on the train ride?
Elie passes out from not eating
Elie gets hypothermia
A stranger attempts to strangle him
A prisoner takes Elie's bread and Shlomo fights him
Why does everyone begin to weep in Chapter 7?
Because it gets dangerously cold
Because Meir Katz begins to cry
Because everyone begins to die from hypothermia
Because they realized that they weren't going to come out of this alive
Out of 100 prisoners, how many make it off the train at Buchenwald?
12
25
64
88
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