Elie Wiesel's NIGHT Chapter 1 Quiz

What is the setting at the beginning of Chapter One?

• Sighet, Transylvania; 1941
• Moishe, Transyvania; 1944
• Sighet, Hungary' 1941
• Ghettos; 1944

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Which of the following facts about Wiesel's father is NOT true?

• He runs a store and has 4 children.
• He hugs and kisses his four children every morning. 
• He does not display his feelings. 
• He discourages Elie from studying Kabbalah at a young age.

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What was the first impression the Jews had of the German soldiers?

• They were vile, foreboding men.
• They were similar to the Hungarian police. 
• They were likable. 
• This is a trick question. The Jews in this story were never confronted by German soldiers. 

Define anti-Semitic.

• Discrimination against Jews
• Discrimination against Moishe the Beadle
• Refusal to obey the Gestapo
• Refusal to obey the Nazis. 

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Who is the first character introduced in Night?

• Elie's mother
• Moshe the Beadle
• Adolf Hitler
• Elie Wiesel

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What town is Elie from?

• Transylvania
• Hungary
• Poland
• Sighet

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Why is Moshe the Beadle deported?

• He is a foreign Jew

• He is wanted for a crime he committed

• He is disabled

• He is a Jewish leader.

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Who tries to warn the Jews of Sighet that they are in danger of being deported? 

• Elie's mother
• Elie
• Elie's father
• Moshe the Beadle

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Wiesel writes, Monday passed like a small summer cloud, like a dream in the first daylight hours."  What is the purpose of this simile?

• To demonstrate the fear that the Jews felt
• To help the reader get a better visual of the sky
• To show that time passed quickly
• None of the above

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What news does Elie's father receive at the late-night council meeting?

• The Jews of Sighet would be killed immediately
• The Jews of Sighet would be deported to a concentration camp
• The Jews of Sighet would be deported to America
• The Jews of Sighet will be deported in the morning to an unknown destination

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