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1 1 Multiple Choice (40 Questions 1 point each) Night Test English II 1. On the train to Auschwitz, what does Madame Schächter have visions of? a. Burning pits of fire b. The angel of death c. The death head of Auschwitz d. God 2. The visions seen by Madame Schächter are an example of: a. Foreshadowing b. Symbolism c. An allusion d. A nightmare 3. What town does Elie and his family come from? a. Budapest b. Gleiwitz c. Sighet d. Warsaw 4. Why is the hanging of the pipel so emotional for the prisoners? a. The prisoners have already witnessed another hanging b. They know there would be no soup that day c. They think he is a symbol for Jesus d. The pipel is so young and angelic looking 5. Why does Elie end up having to have an operation? a. His foot swells b. His tooth is infected c. He is in pain from his appendix d. His arm swells 6. Upon his return from the forest, what does Moshe the Beadle attempt to do? a. Warn the Jews about what is going to happen b. Find his faith in Elie c. Teach the cabbala to the young d. Create a resistance movement 7. After they arrive at Gleiwitz, what does Elie hear in the middle of the night? a. Screaming of children b. Juliek playing his violin c. Moans of the injured d. Whispers from the dead in his dream 8. With what instrument is Elie s gold crown removed with? a. A rusty fork b. Franek s bare hands c. A scalpel d. A rusty spoon 9. What is Elie s inheritance from his father? a. A bag of gold b. His jacket c. A rusty can and knife d. A spoon and knife

2 2 10. What stares back at Elie at the end of the novel? a. The SS Soldiers b. The American liberators c. A corpse d. His vision of his mother and father 11. What is the slogan for Auschwitz? a. Live Free or Die b. Live Long and Prosper c. Live for Germany d. Work is Liberty 12. Why don t Elie s new shoes get taken away at Buna? a. They are ugly b. They are covered in mud c. They are not needed d. He trades his gold crown 13. When a factory foreman beats Elie, who was he comforted by? a. A French girl b. His father c. Juliek d. The boy with a face like an angel 14. Elie s father: a. Buried their savings in the synagogue b. Conspired with the German leaders because he was wealthy c. Buried their savings in the cellar of their home d. Told Elie to forget that God lived 15. What is the Kaddish? a. A special food served at Passover b. A dance to worship God c. Jewish prayer for the dead d. An ancient language of the cabbala 16. Elie s father was: a. Unsentimental b. Respected by his community c. Concerned about the community more than his family 17. The young Pole and the others who stole food during the air raid alerts were: a. Hanged b. Given reduced rations c. Beaten d. Made to work extra hours 18. Wiesel saw German workmen laugh as prisoners fought to death over: a. A gold chain b. A game of cards c. A crust of bread d. A dirty blanket 19. Because Wiesel gives details of the happenings in his own life, Night is an example of: a. A biography b. A memoir c. A drama d. A fictional prose 20. Wiesel s town s first impression of the German soldiers was that they were: a. Friendly b. Polite c. Harmless

3 3 21. The strong man on the train that gives up hope, but is comforted by Elie s father was named: a. Akiba Drumer b. Juliek c. Cholomo d. Meir Katz 22. The Jews were shipped by from one concentration camp to another. a. Bus b. Cattle Wagon c. Train d. Car 23. When thousands attended a Rosh Hashanah service at the camp, Wiesel: a. Fasted b. Did not join the prayers c. Spoke the blessing d. Went to the barrack and slept 24. After playing a Beethoven concerto in the barracks, Juliek: a. Gave his violin to Elie b. Was beaten for playing German music c. Died d. Escaped the concentration camp 25. In the Holocaust, what is the estimated number of Jews that died? a. Six hundred b. Sixty thousand c. Six Million d. Five hundred thousand 26. Hitler s political party was called the: a. Bohemians b. Sades c. Nazis d. Podos 27. Hitler s goal for the Jews was to: a. Completely wipe them out from Europe b. Make them slaves c. Make them leaders d. Educate them 28. Jewish people were forced to wear what to identify them as Jews? a. Crosses b. Red shirts c. Yamakas d. Stars of David 29. Jews were moved into small areas of towns and forced to live in over-crowded, diseased, and unsanitary conditions. These areas were called: a. Neighborhoods b. Synagogues c. Ghettos d. City-States 30. Moshe the Beadle and Elie s relationship can be described as: a. Teacher/Student b. Father/Son c. Uncle/Nephew 31. In the Forest of Galacia, Moshe the Beadle saw: a. Foreign Jews forced to dig huge graves b. Babies used for target practice c. Foreign Jews murdered 32. After the Forest of Galacia, Moshe s only reason for living was: a. To question God s love for his people b. To organize a resistance group c. To warn everyone else

4 4 33. When Elie and his family arrive at Birkenau, they: a. Stick together b. Are split up c. Able to escape 34. How does Elie begin to feel toward his father when he doesn t avoid being beaten by Idek? a. Fear b. Love c. Anger d. Hatred 35. Elie gets 25 lashes for: a. Catching Idek with a Polish girl b. Stealing c. Running away from camp 36. Elie prays that: a. The Germans will all die at the end of the war b. He will never leave his father like Rabbi s son did c. He will have the courage to leave his father like the Rabbi s son did d. He will die 37. Deep down, when Elie s father dies, he feels: a. Relief b. Sorrow c. Shame d. Hatred 38. Concentration Camps are: a. Camps where people are forced to work and live in horrible conditions, usually until death b. Camps where people think really hard c. Camps where people volunteer to work 39. The main reason Elie didn t want to give his father water was: a. He wanted it for himself b. He knew the water would only hurt his father s condition c. He thought it was dirty d. He wanted to use the water for a bath 40. When the prisoners were liberated (freed) from Buchenwald, their first thought was: a. Food b. Revenge c. Their families True/False (20 questions 1 points each) 41. Moshe the Beadle tells the villagers in Sighet not to worry about the Nazi s. 42. Elie is the only son in a family of four children. 43. During the transport to Auschwitz, Madame Schächter begins to scream because she imagines seeing piles of corpses. 44. Kapos are prisoners given command over other prisoners. 45. Elie tells the guards at Birkenau that he is 16 years old.

5 5 46. Elie is whipped because he steals soup from a pot in the middle of camp. 47. Elie s father might still have been alive when he was removed from his bed. 48. During the transport to Buchenwald, prisoners threw other dead prisoners off the train. 49. Elie loses both parents and a sister in the camps. 50. When Elie s father is sick, he begs Elie for coffee. 51. The Jews of Sighet were eager to listen to Moshe s miraculous experience. 52. Elie s mother and sister were sent to a separate place from him. 53. When Elie sees the striking of his father, he attempts to defend him. 54. The sight that still haunts Elie is the burning of children and babies. 55. Elie s father dies during the forced march. 56. The prisoner who goes after the soup is loved and cherished by all. 57. When the pipel is hanged, the prisoners ask, Where are the Russians? 58. Elie sees his father die and get carried to the crematory. 59. At one camp, Elie saves his father from the selection by creating a disturbance. 60. Elie witnesses a son murder is father over a piece of bread.

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