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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, how did the Rosh Hashanah service end?

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

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

4. What does the author show about pain and suffering, particularly in Chapter 8?

5. What were Wiesel's feelings about selection in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the prisoners crushed into the barracks when they arrived at Gleiwitz in Chapter 6?

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

3. What was selection?

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

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

6. How did Zalman die in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Wiesel's faith changed while he was imprisoned. What was Wiesel's relationship with God at the beginning of the book? Why did he begin to grow bitter and resent God? How did the suffering Wiesel endured affect his faith? How did his relationship with God change?

Essay Topic 3

Adversity can either strengthen or weaken a person. Considering Wiesel, his father, and other characters, was it more common for the adversity they suffered to make them stronger or weaker?

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