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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 5, what did Wiesel find when he returned from work, when he still had possession of his father's knife and spoon?

2. In Chapter 5, what happened to Wiesel's leg?

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

4. What is "selection"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why could Rabbi Eliahu not find his son?

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

3. How did Wiesel feel about Rosh Hashanah in the past?

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

5. How did the prisoners celebrate Rosh Hashanah in Chapter 5?

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

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

8. What argument did Wiesel have with his father at the beginning of Chapter 8?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the beginning of Chapter 3, Wiesel was a fun loving, curious, and kind teenager, who became a survivor. Would Wiesel have been considered a compassionate person before the concentration camp? What events took place that caused Wiesel to lose his love of fun and his kindness? What did Wiesel see as he and his father adjusted to life in the concentration camp? In what ways did Wiesel become dispassionate? How was Wiesel transformed from a carefree teenager to a survivor who stumbled through his new life?

Essay Topic 2

There were warnings and predictions by people considered outcasts about the coming suffering for the Jews. Who was the first outcast that warned the people of Sighet of the coming trouble? What visions did Madame Schächte see? How did people respond to the warnings and the prediction? Why were the warnings and predictions ignored? What did Wiesel want his father to do when trouble was coming? What did Wiesel think might have happened if people had listened?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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