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Discussion Questions, Pages 1-20

1. Who was Moshe the Beadle?
2. Why did Eliezer spend a lot of time with Moshe?
3. What happened to Moshe that caused a great change in him?
4. How did the rest of the community react to what Moshe told them?
5. What were the ghettos?
6. At first, how did the Jews of Sighet feel about the ghettos?
7. Who offered Eliezer’s family safe refuge?
8. On what day of the week was Eliezer’s family expelled?

Discussion Questions, Pages 21-43

1. Why did the Hungarian lieutenant move among the prisoners with a basket?
2. Who was Madame Schachter?
3. Who were the SS men?
4. What was Eliezer’s last view of his mother and sister?
5. Why did Eliezer and his father lie to Dr. Mengele?
6. Why did his father wish Eliezer had gone with his mother?
7. What was actually happening to the women?
8. What is the Kaddish?
9. According to the SS officer, what was the only way to avoid the furnaces?
10. Why did the gypsy strike Eliezer’s father?
11. To what new camp were the prisoners marched?