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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. After the war, what did Elie learn about the Russians coming to the camp in Chapter 5?

2. What feeling did Elie have toward Rabbi Elichou's son?

3. What was the responsibility of the men who cleared out the wagons?

4. What was the workman's reaction as he watched the prisoners after he gave them the bread in Chapter 7?

5. What filled the prisoners' brains at the beginning of Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Yom Kippur and what debate was there over the day in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 5, how did veterans of Buna describe the camp as it was two years ago?

5. Who was Akiba Drumer and what happened to him in Chapter 5?

6. What advice did the Blockalteste give Wiesel regarding his father in Chapter 8?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what did Wiesel tell himself?

8. Why could Rabbi Eliahu not find his son?

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

10. Where did the prisoners take shelter in Chapter 6?

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

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 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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