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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 happened on the morning of January 29, 1945?
2. What season was ending at the beginning of Chapter 5?
3. As the prisoners traveled on the train in Chapter 7, what did they eat?
4. What does the author show about pain and suffering, particularly in Chapter 8?
5. Why were there 100 passengers crowded together as they traveled in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. How were the prisoners crushed into the barracks when they arrived at Gleiwitz in Chapter 6?
2. Who was Meir Katz and what happened to him?
3. In Chapter 6, what happened to Juliek?
4. What argument did Wiesel have with his father at the beginning of Chapter 8?
5. What was the general attitude of the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 7?
6. At the end of Chapter 6, how did the prisoners quench their thirst?
7. How did Wiesel feel when he heard blessings to God by the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 5?
8. In Chapter 6, how far did the prisoners run and what condition were they in when they finished?
9. Why would Wiesel's father not let him sleep in Chapter 6 while they sheltered in an old factory?
10. What advice did the Blockalteste give Wiesel regarding his father in Chapter 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Father/son relationships were tested in the concentration camps. What are some examples of father/son relationships that broke down in the concentration camps? How was Wiesel's relationship with his father tested? In what ways did Wiesel succeed at the temptations caused by the tests he endured? In what ways did he fail the tests he endured?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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