Night Chapter 1

What was the setting and the year for the first section of the book?

• 1935 - 1939 in Prague, Czechoslovakia

• 1950 - 1952 in Palestine and Jerusalem

• 1910 - 1915 in Berlin, Germany

• 1942 - 1944 in Sighet, Transylvania

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What is most closely the central idea of Chapter 1?

• Eliezer and his family had a good, normal life before the Nazis came to Sighet and eventually forced them to leave.

• Eliezer and his family should have run away from the Germans before they were sent to the concentration camps.

• Eliezer is going to escape from the train and make his way to the United States before learning about his family’s demise.

• Eliezer and Moishe have a very special relationship because they discuss the Kabbalah and its teachings together.

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Which of these inferences about Eliezer is best supported by Chapter 1?

• Eliezer is a very religious young man who wants to study the Kabbalah and believes deeply in God.

• Eliezer is a rebellious Jewish youngster who decides to spend all his time studying despite his parents’ wishes

• Eliezer is a studious young Jewish man who left Sighet to emigrate to Palestine.

• Eliezer is a Jewish rabbi who owns a store with his father and mother in the village of Sighet.

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Which of the following is the first event that happened?

• Two ghettos were set up.

• The Jews had to start wearing the yellow star.

• The Germans arrested the Jewish community leaders.

• The Jewish residents were not allowed to leave their houses for three days.

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Check all the events that take place in Chapter 1

• Eliezer studies Kabbalah with Moishe

• Eliezer's eldest sister gets married

• Eliezer buries his family's valuables in the basement

• Moishe survives the mass murder in the forest

• Eliezer and his family are forced into ghettos

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Throughout the first chapter, what is the general feeling of the Jews of Sighet?

• They seem worried about the war.

• They seem happy about the war.

• They sense that they are in danger.

• They do not seem to think the war is a threat.

When the Germans DID come to Sighet, the Jews thought they were polite and not going to hurt them.

• True

• False

Why was Moshe the Beadle important to Elie Wiesel?

• Moshe taught Elie to read.

• Moshe was the only person who understood Elie's feelings.

• Moshe inspired Elie to make plans to leave Singhet and study at a university.

• Moshe became his cabbalist, or instructor in the mystical aspects of the Jewish faith.

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What is the Kabbalah?

• A Jewish text

• A Jewish Holiday

• A Jewish saying

• A Jewish teacher

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Which of the following statements best explains why the Jewish residents of Sighet were fond of Moishe but not other needy people in the village?

• Moishe was not very poor, so he didn’t ask people for much.

• Moishe stayed out of the way, and he was awkward and shy.

• Moishe came back to warn the Jewish people of Sighet to save them from the Nazis.

• Moishe was an educated, Jewish scholar who dedicated his time to teaching people the Torah.

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