Night: Chapter One Vocabulary

Living in _____ forced them to be homeless.

• perjury

• penury

• penultimate

Answer explanation

Penury means "extreme poverty."

We could see the _____ from miles away; the flames peaked over the hills.

• conflagration

• edict

• treatise

Answer explanation

Conflagration means "a large, destructive fire."

beadle

• Confusion or disorder

• Extreme poverty

• A complex structure within an organization or system

• A synagogue official who assists with religious or civil functions

Given the seriousness of his crime, his license was _____.

• billeted

• rescinded

• waiflike

• pious

Answer explanation

Rescinded means "canceled or revoked."

Having no barracks available, the soldiers were _____ in civilian homes.

• deluded

• billeted

• sanctified

• rationed

Answer explanation

Billeted means "lodged (as a soldier) in a particular place."

A small room for communal prayer or study

• beadle

• shtibl

• conflagration

• Talmud

Although it is common knowledge that unicorns don't exist, she maintained her _____ that they do.

• edict

• treatise

• partisans

• delusion

Answer explanation

Delusion means "an idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument."

While the Talmud is the central text of Jewish law and theology, _____ is a collection of texts that explore the mysteries of the Torah.

• Kabbalah

• shtibl

• beadle

Malnutrition had caused the sick child to appear _____.

• surreptitious

• waiflike

• billeted

• rescinded

Answer explanation

Waiflike means "young, thin, and unhealthy-looking."

The king's ____ demanded that all eligible subjects enlist in his army.

• edict

• phylacteries

• conflagration

• penury

Answer explanation

Edict means "an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority."