Question

Which of the following is NOT an option that Elie and his family could have taken in order to seek freedom?

Answer 1

Answer:

Listened to the warnings of his father's Hungarian Police friend.

Explanation:

Elie Wiesel's memoir "Night" recounts his suffering days of the Holocaust when he, along with other Jews were persecuted and discriminated against by the Germans under Hitler. The memoir became one of the most sought after book that contains a first-person narrative of the most horrendous genocide in the history of the world.

In the memoir, Elie recalls Moishe, the Beadle fervently warning people to listen to him about what he saw what had happened to the deported Jews in Poland. Moreover, Elie also mentioned how his friend Moishe Chaim Berkowits had told them about "Anti-Semitic acts take place every day, in the streets, on the trains. The Fascists attack Jewish stores, synagogues. The situation is becoming very serious." Even their former maid Martha had offered to take them to her village for safety. All these are options that Elie and his family can take to be safe/ seek freedom.

Thus, the correct answer is the first option, i.e, to listen to their Hungarian Police friend. For it was the Hungarian police that came to 'arrest' the Jews.