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Period: __________

Section 1, pages 3-22 Comprehension Questions

1. Describe Moshe the Beadle.

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2. Describe Elie Wiesel’s father. What was his occupation?
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3. Why was Moshe the Beadle important to Elie Wiesel?
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4. Summarize the story Moshe the Beadle told on his return from being deported. Why did he say he had
returned to Sighet?
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5. What was the public reaction to Moshe's story?
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6. What was the setting and the year for the first section of the book? What was the world condition at
the time?
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7. Describe, in order, the events that happened from the last day of Passover until Pentecost.
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8. How did Wiesel say he felt about the Hungarian police?
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9. Who was Martha? What happened when she visited the Wiesel family in the ghetto?
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10. Why did Elie’s father (and other Jews as well) refuse to leave their homes in beginning of the story?
What is your opinion of this decision?
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11. Explain the Jewish gettos and how the transportation used to move the Jewish people from these
gettos.
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