Night by Elie Wiesel

The author included Moishe the Beadle in his narrative because Moishe

• influenced his thinking.

• spread early word of the danger that was to come.

• was an example of the simple, good person who was injured.

• turned out to be a martyr.

The two ghettos were set up in Sighet

• prior to the Jews' deportation.

• to protect the Jews from hostile townspeople.

• as a means of containing and controlling the Jews.

• A and C

Wiesel's descriptive details about the prisoners giving up their possessions creates a tone of

• boredom

• helplessness

• madness

• intrigue

During the deportation, why did people stay on the train instead of trying to escape?

• The guard threatened to kill everyone.

• They knew their final destination.

• It was too difficult because of the high walls.

• They were very tired from their long trip.

Madame Schacter's hysterical cries of "Fire! Fire!" are an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• foreshadowing

• paraphrasing

What tone is Wiesel most likely trying to emphasize with the descriptive detail of the smell of burning flesh at the labor camp?

• forgetfulness

• hope

• uncertainty

• horror

After the prisoners arrive at Auschwitz-Birkenau

• the weak and ill are separated from the strong and healthy.

• men and women are separated.

• the prisoners are shaved.

• All of the above.

The night before the Gestapo evacuated their ghetto, the Wiesels heard a knock at their boarded-up window. It was

• an inspector in the Hungarian police.

• the president of the Jewish council.

• the Rabbi of Sighet.

• Moishe the Beadle.

Kapos were

• students of the Talmud.

• Jewish prayers for the dead.

• Jewish prisoners put in charge of other prisoners.

• women in charge of men.

The phrase, "a glacial wind lashed us like a whip" is an example of a

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• paraphrase