Question

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on the day that elie and his family were 16.____________, they had to pile into a 17.__________________ with 18.__________ other people. the smell and heat were pretty much intolerable. on top of the miserable condition, a woman named 19._______________ went crazy and kept on yelling that she saw 20._______. finally men had to gag and beat her to make her quiet. the ironic thing is that once the train stopped at 21._________ the reception center of 22.__________ the first thing the jews saw was 23._____________ and they smell burning 24.__________________.

Explanation:

This is a fill-in-the-blank exercise based on Elie Wiesel's Night, a memoir about the Holocaust. The answers are key details from the opening deportation and arrival at a concentration camp.

Answer:

1. deported
2. cattle car
3. 80
4. Madame Schächter
5. flames (a fire)
6. Auschwitz
7. Birkenau
8. flames
9. human flesh