Assignment 7 Questions for Ch.6-9

Ch. 6

1. What happened to anyone who did not keep up with the march? They were shot
2. How did Zalman die? He had a "stomach cramp" and had to stop; his pants were down while he was trampled
3. What horrible realization did Elie come to concerning Rabbi Eliahou and his son? How did Elie respond to this? Rabbi Eliahou had a piece of bread and his son attacked him because he was also hungry; at the end both were dead. Elie wished for that never to happen to him (kill his dad for a piece of bread)
4. What was Juliek's last act? Playing the violin
5. How did Elie help his father when the selection was made? When his father was sent to the left, he ran after him and caused confusion

Ch. 7

1. How did Elie help his dad when he was on the train? He started slapping him so that he could wake up because they were throwing the dead off the train
2. Describe the scene Elie witnessed between a father and a son on the train. He gets a "flashback" of the lady that was throwing money to poor people causing them to fight.
3. How many got out of the wagon? Where had they arrived? Twelve, Buchenwald

Ch. 8

1. Explain how father/son roles had been reversed in the case of Elie and his father? When his father gets sick, Elie had to take care of his father, and that' s when he starts thinking about how he should be for himself and let him die
2. Why was Elie's father being beaten? He was no longer able to drag himself outside to relieve himself; they would beat him and take away his bread
3. What did Elie think of the advice given to him by the head of the block? He thought he was right, but for that second he felt guilty and got his father bread and soup

Ch. 9

1. What happened on april 5th? The wheel of history turned, they were set free
2. What was the resistance movement? What did they do? When everyone fought against the Nazis, even if they weren't in the concentration camps
3. What did the prisoners do when they were freed? They had no thought of revenge, just bread
4. Who did Elie see in the mirror on the last page of the book? What did that mean? He saw himself as a corpse, he would never forget the moment that he saw himself weak, skinny