Night by Elie Wiesel Comprehension Review pp. 3-54

Choose the letter that fits the description. Elie Wiesel

• narrator of the novel

• loses her mind as she envisions fire

• tries to warn the Jews of Sighet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What town do Elie and his family come from?

• Sighet

• Budapest

• Gleiwitz

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What did Elie Wiesel want to study early in the book?

• geometry

• Kabbalah

• Russian

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Upon his return to Sighet, what does Moishe the Beadle attempt to do?

• warn the jews about what will happen to them

• find his faith in Elie

• create a resistance movement

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How did the Jews of Sighet react to Moishe’s miraculous escape/experience? 

• They thought he had gone mad and did not listen to him.
• His escape worried them and they listened to his warnings.
• Moishe was never actually expelled from Sighet

Answer explanation

No one in Sighet believed at the time that the Holocaust would happen: they refused to believe such horrors as Moishe described.

Choose the letter that fits the description. Tzipora

• Kapo who beats Elie and his father

• Elie's little sister

• French woman Elie meets in the warehouse at Buna

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How do the people of Sighet react to the decree of the "yellow star"?

• They're outraged and refuse to wear it

• They are indifferent and act like it doesn't bother them

• They complain to the government about it

What does the term Memoir mean?

• A story based in historical events.

• A true story where someone writes about their own personal experiences.

• A persuasive essay.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which of the following events is an example of the theme topic "Guilt and Inaction"?

• When the Jews were forced to wear the yellow star of David.

• When Elie saw other prisoners getting beat by kapos but did nothing.

• When Elie saw his father cry for the first time.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

On the train from Sighet, what does Mrs. Schacter think she sees?

• a fire in the darkness outside the cattle car

• A wolf

• everyone dying