Night Section 5

Why does Elie run very fast when he is examined by the SS doctors?

• He wants to get out of the cold quickly.
• He is embarrassed because he is naked.
• He wants to catch up with his father.
• He does not want to be selected and must look healthy.

When Elie's father ends up on a list of people selected for death, what inheritance does his father give him?

• Gold coins
• His wedding ring
• A spoon and knife
• His mothers necklace

Why is Elie put in the camp hospital?

• He is ill from the beating that Idek gave to him.
• He has pneumonia.
•  His foot swells and they have to operate or he will lose his legs.
• He is used for scientific experiments.

Why was the infirmary (hospital) actually better than being in camp?

• They could sleep more.
• They got medicine.
• They had a bed and food.
• It wasn't-- they usually were immediately put to death.

Why didn't Elie eat the two pieces of bread before the march?

• He wasn't hungry.
• It was moldy and gross.
• He knew he should save it for where ever they were going.
• He did eat it and his father's too!

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

What holiday is celebrated at the end of the Jewish year (at the end of summer), and is brought up at the beginning of Chapter 5?

• Yon Kipper
• Hannukah
• Rosh Hashanah
• Passover

Why does Elie refuse to fast with the other prisoners who are celebrating the Jewish holiday?

• They have particularly good soup that day
• He is too hungry
• The Germans force him to eat
• His father tells Elie to eat to keep up his strength

What happened to those prisoners who remained behind in the hospital ward?

• They were killed by the Germans
• They were left to die of starvation
• They were liberated by the  Red Army.
• The book does not say, but we assume they are left for dead.

Elie said he observed the prayer service like a stranger

• True
• False
• Maybe

Did the men remember to say Kaddish for Akiba Drumer?

• Yes, they did
• No, they did not
• Maybe, I can't remember