Night Chapters 7-9

Night Chapters 7-9

Review

Multiple Choice

What happened when a German workman threw a piece of bread into the wagon?

• A German workman never threw bread into the wagon.

• Men hurled themselves over each other to get to the bread

• Nothing- the men were too malnourished to even reach for the bread

• Men were too stunned to move

Open Ended

Why does Elie, some years later, ask a lady not to throw money out to the poor? What do you think thi s reveals about the theme of Night?

Open Ended

How does Elie change as a character after the death of his father?

Open Ended

"I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. But I was out of tears. And deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like: Free at last!..." (Wiesel 112).

Why do you think Elie cannot weep? Why do you think he feels freed by his fathers's death?

Multiple Choice

"From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me." (Wiesel 115). This MEANS...

• Elie is free but is still trapped in his guilt over his fathers death

• Elie is so emaciated he looks like a corpse

• Even though Elie was physically liberated, the presence of death has never left Elie throughout his life

Open Ended

1. What did you think of Night overall? Why do you think Elie Wiesel wrote his story? Why is it important that we continue to share/read his story?