Night Chapters 4-5 Reading Check

When Elie is summoned to the dentist to have his gold tooth extracted, how does he manage to escape having the tooth removed?

• He gives the dentist his shoes.

• He tells the dentist that he is not feeling well.

• He threatens to expose the fact that the dentist is keeping the gold himself.

• He sobs and tells the dentist he is afraid and the dentist feels pity for him.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

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CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

A young boy is hanged after the air raid. What is especially disturbing about this incident?

• The boy was too young and innocent to die.

• Elie's father had to carry the body to the crematorium.

• The boy was too light for hanging and did not die right away.

• The rest of the camp had to look at him while they ate their dinner.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does one inmate do during a bombing raid that causes him to be shot?

• He sabotages the electrical warehouse.

• He runs to the soup caldron because he is starving.

• He tries to escape.

• He cries, “My curse on Germany!”

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

What two Jewish holy days are debated amongst the prisoners in Chapter 5?

• Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur

• Hannukah & Passover

• Rosh Hashanah & Passover

• Yom Kippur & Hannukah

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

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.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

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.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Why does the camp have to watch as they hang the prisoners?

• Because they have to help take them down.
• Because they wanted to kill as many Jews as possible.
• Because they want to teach them a lesson about what happens to people who do not follow orders.
• Because the Nazis were cruel and wanted everyone to know.

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

• They was no selection.

• No beatings took place.

• They had a bed and food.

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

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

"SOME TEN THOUSAND MEN had come to participate in a solemn service, including the Blockälteste, the Kapos, all bureaucrats in the service of Death. 'Blessed be the Almighty…' The voice of the officiating inmate had just become audible. At first I thought it was the wind. 'Blessed be God's name… ' Thousands of lips repeated the benediction, bent over like trees in a storm." What type of figurative language is being used from the underlined sentence?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3