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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. What did the SS officers call the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. What did the person who Elie found in a pile of bodies do as Elie fell asleep?

3. What did Elie pray for regarding the actions of Rabbi Elichou's son upon remembering his actions?

4. What is the importance of the knife and spoon given to Wiesel by his father in Chapter 5?

5. As the prisoners traveled on the train in Chapter 7, what did they eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what happened to Juliek?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Zalman die in Chapter 6?

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

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

At the end of the book, Wiesel viewed his image in a mirror for the first time since his imprisonment. How does he describe himself? Why will he never forget the look in his eyes? Why is it significant that Wiesel refers to himself as a corpse? What does that symbolize to him?

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

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?

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