Night Chapters 1-3

Which of the following identifies the author's purpose in the text?

• to entertain us with an exciting account of his experience

• to inform us about modern Nazis in America

• to persuade us to go to Europe and end the Holocaust

• to inform us of how horrible the Holocaust was so we might be less likely to let something like this happen again

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Which detail from the text best supports the

answer to the above question?

• "We must revolt!"

• "Still, I was happy, I was near my father."

• "Never shall I forget that night. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of children transformed into smoke."

• "My father's voice tore me from my daydream."

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

What town does Elie begin his memoir?

• Budapest
• Gleiwitz
• Sighet
• Warsaw

What was the setting and the year for the first section of the book?

• 1915-1919 in Sighet, Transylvania

• 1950-1952 in Palestine and Jerusalem

• 1910-1915 in Berlin, Germany

• 1942-1944 in Sighet, Transylvania

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What title is given to a church officer who assists a Pastor?

• Rabbi

• Beadle

• Priest

• Reverend

Jewish place of worship

• barracks

• synagogue

• concentration camp

• ghetto

Who offers to hide Eliezer's family?

• Martha, their servant
• Stein, their cousin
• Moshe, Eliezer's teacher
• Yosi, Eliezer's friend

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

He was held in great esteem by the Jews of Sighet.

• Elie

• Chlomo- Elie's Father

• Zalman

• Moshe the Beadle

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Mrs. Schächter's visions of the fire is considered this literary element:

• symbolism
• metaphor
• foreshadowing
• mood

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What did Madame Schächter see in her vision?

• She saw large open graves full of children.
• She saw a fire--a furnace, with huge flames.
• She saw row after row of empty houses
• She saw the face of Hitler laughing at the entire world

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1