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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. In Chapter 2, at one of the train stops, what were the occupants allowed to have?

2. In order to give themselves hope, what did Wiesel and his father pretend after spending several weeks in Auschwitz in Chapter 3?

3. What happened to the foreign Jews in Sighet when the Hungarian police arrived?

4. In Chapter 3, when Wiesel's father asked directions to the washroom, what happened to him?

5. In Chapter 4, what happened to Wiesel when he was working?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the prisoners feel when they learned about the crematorium in Chapter 3?

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

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

4. In Chapter 4, where did Wiesel say that he again met a woman he had worked with in the concentration camp?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what did the Jews leave behind in the wagons?

6. What were the conditions like on the train at the beginning of Chapter 2?

7. What did a fellow prisoner advise Wiesel and his father in Chapter 3?

8. What did Madame Schachter scream about shortly after the train stopped and how did that relate to what the prisoners saw when they got off the train cars?

9. Why did the Jews conserve their food on the train to the concentration camp in Chapter 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although the book is filled with horrifying experiences, there are some instances of mercy. Describe three of these situations and how they affected the individuals involved.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Wiesel struggled with his relationship with his father throughout the book. How did Wiesel treat his father when they were first imprisoned? Why did Wiesel sometimes want to abandon his father? Why was Wiesel conflicted about how to treat his father? How did Wiesel's relationship with his father change throughout Night?

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