Night Excerpt Quiz

What did the narrator leave behind in the wagon?

• Food and water

• Clothes and shoes

• Beloved objects and illusions

• Maps and compasses

Who commanded 'Men to the left! Women to the right!'?

• A fellow prisoner

• An SS man

• A doctor

• An inmate

What was the narrator's real age according to the text?

• Forty

• Twenty

• Eighteen

• Fifteen

What profession did the narrator claim to have?

• Teacher

• Student

• Farmer

• Mechanic

What did an inmate correct the narrator's age to?

• Sixteen

• Fourteen

• Eighteen

• Twenty-one

What did the narrator see being thrown into the flames?

• Books

• Clothes

• Small children

• Food supplies

Who was standing in the middle of the crossroads?

• A group of inmates

• The narrator's father

• Dr. Mengele

• An SS officer

What did the narrator first want to see before moving?

• Where his mother went

• Where they would send his father

• If there were any escape routes

• The condition of the barracks

What did the narrator and his father not know yet?

• How to find food

• The names of the officers

• Which side was better, right or left

• The layout of the camp

What did someone begin to recite?

• A secret message

• A poem

• The national anthem

• Kaddish, the prayer for the dead