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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 4, what did the foreman want Wiesel to do?

2. What did the chimney represent for the prisoners in Chapter 3?

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

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

5. How did Madame Schachter react when the train began moving again in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Buna look like when Wiesel arrived in Chapter 4?

3. Why was Wiesel able to keep his new pair of shoes in Chapter 3?

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

5. Describe the relationship between Moshe the Beadle and Wiesel.

6. What did the tent leader's aide want from Wiesel and what would he give in return in Chapter 4?

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

8. What happened to Moshe and his companions who were deported?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elie is the author and also the main character in Night. How would the story change if it was told from a different point of view? Choose another point of view from another individual or an outside narrator. What would the reader learn from this narrator that is different from Elie as the narrator? Why?

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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