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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. At the end of Chapter 6, how were the prisoners forced to travel?

2. What happened while Wiesel and his father were talking about the request his father made?

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

4. What did Elie struggle to do when he found himself in the deserted village?

5. How many prisoners gathered on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Zalman die in Chapter 6?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wiesel struggled with his relationship with his father throughout the book. How did Wiesel treat his father when they were first imprisoned? Why did Wiesel sometimes want to abandon his father? Why was Wiesel conflicted about how to treat his father? How did Wiesel's relationship with his father change throughout Night?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The guards were brutal to their prisoners. How did the brutality affect the prisoners emotionally and mentally? How did the brutality affect the way that the prisoners treated one another? How much did the brutality they suffered affect the prisoners and the way they responded to people and situations?

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