Night Elie Wiesel Ch 4 Reading Questions

When Elie and his father arrive in Buna Concentration Camp, they notice that the head of the camp is especially kind to children. Why is this so?

• He is a father and has a love for children

• He wants the children to become workers

• He does not want to make the parents angry and cause a revolt

• He uses the children for sexual purposes

Eliezer refused to give up his ________ but they were taken regardless

• Belt

• Shoes

• Slacks

• Watch

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

• In the ballroom

• In the officer’s quarters

• Repairing instruments for Germans

• In the warehouse of electrical equipment

Elie becomes close friends with two brothers; Yossi and Tibi,  whose parents have been liquidated. What do they all agree they will do if they live until the liberation?

• They will not spend another day in Europe

• They will seek revenge against the Nazis

• They will tear down the concentration camps brick by brick

• They will just try to live their lives the best that they can

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 the dentist feels pity for him

Who treats Elie nicely? After the war, he later sees this person on a train.

• A French girl at his job place

• A doctor at the German hospital

• Idek, his boss

• A young boy who he works alongside

What does Franek demand from Elie?

• His shoes

• His spoon

• His gold crown

• His pocket knife

Because Eliezer would not give up his gold crown his father was _______ and tormented for not marching correctly.

• Beaten

• Denied a shower

• Given dirty clothes to wear

• Served less rations

The foreman beats Elie’s father because Elie will not give the foreman his gold crown. How does Elie get the foreman to stop beating his father?

• He gives the foreman his gold crown

• He punches the foreman in the stomach

• He gives the foreman his gold crown and a ration of bread for waiting

• He complains to the head of the camp

Why does Idek give Elie 25 lashes?

• Elie is not working quickly enough

• Elie will not give Idek his gold crown

• Elie caught Idek being intimate with a female inmate

• Idek hates Elie