Night Chapter 5 Reading Check

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

• A piece of rubber for his shoes and a knife.

• A spoon and knife

• His mother's 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 gets food poisoning from moldy bread.

Elie leaves the hospital when the camp is evacuated. What happens to those prisoners who remain behind in the hospital ward?

• They are killed by the Germans because they are no longer useful.

• They are loaded onto hospital trains and moved to another camp.

• They are liberated (freed) by the advancing Russian Army.

• The book does not say, but we assume they are left for dead.

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

• There was no selection.

• No beatings took place.

• They had a bed and food.

• It wasn't-- they usually were immediately put to death.

Why didn't Elie fast on Yom Kippur? (Choose all that apply)

• His Dad told him not to, and so he was obeying his father.

• He was rebelling against God.

• He was not hungry

• The SS officers don't allow him to eat

In January 1945, what part of Elie's body gets infected?

• Mouth

• Stomach

• Thumb

• Foot

What is the weather like at the end of Chapter 5?

• Rainy

• Snowy

• Thundering

• Sunny

Why does the head of block want the block cleaned before they leave?

• he wants it look like as if the Jews were humans and not animals

• he wants the next family who stays there to feel comfortable

• he wants to trick the other Jews into thinking his block is better

• Hitler is arriving soon and it needs to be spotless

What is Elie scared of during his recovery?

• That his father will be selected without him knowing

• That he will be selected

• That help would come without him

• That his leg had been cut off