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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Wiesel's father respond to his son's wish in the Spring of 1944?

2. Why was the dentist who did not pull Elie's tooth arrested in Chapter 4?

3. At the end of Chapter 3, how long had it taken for the prisoners to arrive at Buna?

4. What were the conditions inside the synagogue while Wiesel's group stayed there?

5. In Chapter 4 why was speaking German to Wiesel at the camp so risky for a young female prisoner?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what did an SS officer tell the prisoners about Auschwitz?

2. How did Franck get Wiesel to part with his gold tooth?

3. What happened to men who appeared to be strong when the Wiesel and his father were assigned to a barracks in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 4, how did Wiesel describe the tent leader?

5. How did Weisel's attitude about food change in Chapter 3?

6. What did the German officer and the Hungarian interpreter tell the Jews on the train to the concentration camp in Chapter 2?

7. How were the prisoners escorted off the train cars at the end of Chapter 2?

8. In Chapter 4, why was the dentist office shut down?

9. How did a young woman pass as Aryan in Chapter 4?

10. How did Moshe's experiences during the deportation change him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title of the book is significant. What does night often represent to people? Do bad things occur more frequently in the daytime or at night? What does the title of the book symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

As a teen, Wiesel wanted to study the Jewish Kaballah. What was the Kaballah? What was going on in Wiesel's life? Why did that cause him to turn to Jewish mysticism? How did the study of the Kaballah help him resolve some of the questions he struggled with at that time in his life?

Essay Topic 3

Father/son relationships were tested in the concentration camps. What are some examples of father/son relationships that broke down in the concentration camps? How was Wiesel's relationship with his father tested? In what ways did Wiesel succeed at the temptations caused by the tests he endured? In what ways did he fail the tests he endured?

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