What does Elie want to study ? Why ? What does his father think
Elie wants to study cabbala because he is very interested in it and his father thinks that he his two young and does not want him to study it yet.
What does Moche say about the power of questions ?
Moishe says that every question contains a power that is lost in the answers, and answers are found from within.
Why is Moche expelled by the hungarians ?
Moche is expelled from Sighet for being a foreign Jew. He is gone a few months and upon his return he tried to warn everyone about the Nazis.
What is ironic about the people not believing Moche ?
This moment of irony reflects how much the Jewish people did not want to believe. When Moishe the Beadle warns the Jews of Sighet about the atrocities carried out by the Nazis, only to be ignored. This is an example of dramatic irony, as we know what the Jews of Sighet don't: that Moishe's story is absolutely true.
