Mayes: Night Chapter 4 & 5

Where do the group of musicians that Elie meets work in the camp?

• a. In the ballroom
• b. In the officer’s quarters entertaining the top brass
  
  
• c. Repairing musical instruments for German citizens
• d. In the warehouse of electrical equipment

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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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Why is Elie given 25 lashes by Idek in Chapter 4?

• He giggles when he sees Idek messing around with a girl.

• He talks back to the camp leader.

• His father cannot march properly, so they take it out on him.

• He would not give up his gold crown tooth and lies about being sick.

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

• He sabotages the electrical warehouse.

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

• He tries to escape.

• He cries, “My curse on Germany!”

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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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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

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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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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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