Night test

On the train to Auschwitz, what does Madame Schachter have visions of?

a. burning pits of fire
b. the angel of death
c. the death head of Auschwitz
d. God

a. burning pits of fire

The visions seen by Madame Schachter are an example of:
a. Foreshadowing
b. Symbolism
c. An allusion
d. A nightmare

a. foreshadowing

What town does Elie and his family come from?
a. Budapest
b. Gleiwitz
c. Sighet
d. Warsaw

c. Sighet

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

d. The pipel is so young and angelic looking

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

a. His foot swells

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

a. Warn the Jews about what is going to happen

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

b. Juliek playing his violin

With what instrument is Elie's gold crown removed?
a. A rusty fork
b. Franek's bare hands
c. A scalpel
d. A rusty spoon

d. A rusty spoon

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

d. A spoon and knife

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

c. A corpse

What is the slogan for Auschwitz?
a. "Live Free or Die"
b. "Live Long and Prosper"
c. "Live for Germany"
d. "Work is Liberty"

d. "Work is Liberty"

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

b. They are covered in mud

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"

a. A French girl

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

c. buried their savings in the cellar of their home

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

c. Jewish prayer for the dead

Elie's father was:
a. Unsentimental
b. Respected by his community
c. Concerned about the community more than his family
d. All of the above

d. All of the above

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

a. Hanged

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

c. A crust of bread

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

b. A memoir

Wiesel's town's first impression of the German soldiers was that they were
a. Friendly
b. Polite
c. Harmless
d. All of the above

c. Harmless

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

d. Meir Katz

The Jews were shipped by _ from one concentration camp to another.
a. Bus
b. Cattle Wagon
c. Train
d. Car

b. Cattle Wagon

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

b. Did not join the prayers

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

d. Died

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

c. Six million

Hitler's political party was called the:
a. Bohemians
b. Sades
c. Nazis
d. Podos

c. Nazis

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

a. Completely wipe them out from Europe

Jewish people were forced to wear what to identify them as Jews?
a. Crosses
b. Yamakas
c. Red shirts
d. Stars of David

d. Stars of David

Jews were moved into small areas of towns and forced to live in over

crowded, diseased, and unsanitary conditions. There were called:
a. Neighborhoods
b. Synagogues
c. Ghettos
d. City

Moshe the Beadle and Elie's relationship can be described as:
a. Teacher/Student
b. Father/Son
c. Uncle/Nephew
d. None of the above

a. Teacher/Student

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
d. All of the above

d. All of the above

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
d. None of the above

c. To warn everyone else

When Elie and his family arrive at Birkenau, they:
a. Stick together
b. Are split up
c. Able to escape
d. None of the above

b. Are split up

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

c. Anger

Elie gets 25 lashes for
a. Catching Idek with a Polish girl
b. stealing
c. running away from camp
d. All of the above

a. Catching Idek with a Polish girl

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

b. He will never leave his father like Rabbi's son did

Deep down, when Elie's father dies, he feels:
a. Relief
b. Sorrow
c. Shame
d. Hatred

a. Relief

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
d. None of the above

a. Camps where people are forced to work and live in horrible conditions, usually until death

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

b. He knew the water would only hurt his father's condition

When the prisoners were liberated from Buchenwald, their first thought was
a. food
b. revenge
c. their families
d. None of the above

a. food

True/False: Moshe the Beadle tells the villagers in Sighet not to worry about the Nazi's.

False

True/False: Elie is the only son in a family of four children.

True

True/False: During the transport to Auschwitz, Madame Schachter begins to scream because she imagines she sees piles of corpses.

False

True/False: Kapos are prisoners given command over other prisoners.

True

True/False: Elie tells the guards at Birkenau that he is 16 years old.

False

True/False: Elie is whipped because he steals soup from a pot in the middle of camp.

False

True/False: Elie's father might still have been alive when he was removed from his bed.

True

True/False: During the transport to Buchenwald, prisoners threw other dead prisoners off the train.

True

True/False: Elie loses both his parents and a sister in the camps.

True

True/False: When Elie's father is sick, he begs Elie for coffee.

True

True/False: The Jews of Sighet were eager to listen to Moshe's miraculous experience.

False

True/False: Elie's mother and sister were sent to a separate place from him.

True

True/False: When Elie sees the striking of his father, he attempts to defend him.

False

True/False: The sight that still haunts Elie is the burning of children and babies.

True

True/False: Elie's father dies during the forced march.

False

True/False: The prisoner who goes after the soup is loved and cherished by all.

False

True/False: When the pipel is hanged, the prisoners ask, "Where are the Russians?"

False

True/False: Elie sees his father die and get carried to the crematorium.

False

True/False: At one camp, Elie saves his father from the selection by creating a disturbance.

True

True/False: Elie witnesses a son murder his father over a piece of bread.

True

Who comforted Elie after he received a beating from Idek?

The French Girl

Who was put to death for working for a man who stashed weapons and planned a revolution, described as a "sad

faced" angel?

Who is a well respected man of his community that gradually becomes weaker throughout the story?

Shlomo Wiesel

Who played Beethoven on the violin before he died?

Juliek

Who was the man who determined which individuals would work and which would die?

Mr. Mengele

Who had visions while on the train to camp?

Madame Schachter

Who beat Elie's father in order to have Elie's gold crown?

Franek

Who is Elie's younger sister that he never saw again?

Tzipora Wiesel

Who slowly loses his faith as he continues to experience the longest night of his life?

Elie Wiesel

Who tried to warn the Jews of Sighet about the impending danger?

Moshe the Beadle