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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 6, in yet another selection process, what happened to Eli's father?

2. In Chapter 8, why did the prisoners feel this way about the chimney at this point in the story?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 7, in the early dawn light how much of a difference was there between the living and the dead?

4. What is one way that Wiesel addressed God at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What did Wiesel and his father decide to do after hearing that the Russians may be approaching the camp in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 6, how did the prisoners quench their thirst?

2. How did Zalman die in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 5, what was it like when winter came?

4. Why did Wiesel have to go to the infirmary in Chapter 5?

5. What was the general attitude of the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 7?

6. How did Wiesel feel when he heard blessings to God by the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 5?

7. What was selection?

8. In Chapter 6, how far did the prisoners run and what condition were they in when they finished?

9. Who was Meir Katz and what happened to him?

10. Why would Wiesel's father not let him sleep in Chapter 6 while they sheltered in an old factory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prior to deportation, laws were put into place to control the Jews. What were the first laws that were enacted? How did these laws limit personal freedoms for the Jews? How did these laws condition the Jews to accept deportation? How did the laws accustom the Jews to obedience? Did the Jews tendency to follow the rules manifest itself in how they reacted when they were tortured in the concentration camps?

Essay Topic 2

Night is the story of events that took place during the Holocaust. How does the setting and the narrative create the mood in the book? How did the topic of the book set the mood? What is the overall mood of the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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