Night by Elie Wiesel Quiz

After Elie is forced to give up his shoes, what else do the guards and prisoners try to remove from him?

• His gold crown (tooth)

• His clothes

• His hair

• IDK

Dehumanized means to become less than a human being. Elie gives an example of how he has become dehumanized and writes, "That is what concentration camp life had made of me." What had he done that made him feel bad about himself? Why would this make him feel bad?

Why does Idek the Kapo whip Elie 25 times?

• He was too slow during exercise and tripped a few of the other prisoners

• He gave him an attitude when lining up to go to breakfast

• Elie caught him sleeping with a young Polish girl, then gets punished

Eliezer and the other prisoners witness another execution of a pipel (young boy) involved in sabotage against the SS. That night, Wiesel writes, "The soup tasted of corpses." Explain what he means or how he feels by this statement.

Why does Elie’s father Shlomo not want him (Elie) to fast during Yom Kippur?

• He does not want him to fast to not show signs of rebellion

• He does not want him to fast because he’s afraid it will kill Elie

• They do fast in the camps

• They have never fasted before

When the SS doctors write down Shlomo Wiesel’s number, what does Eliezer’s father believe will happen to him?

• He is afraid he will be taken to the oven next (killed)

• He is hopeful he will get to transfer to another block

• He hopes Elie will be able to get out now

• The doctor does not write down his number

List three positive things Eliezer discovers about staying in the hospital. (Can be bullet points)

There is a rumor that the Red Army is near the camp and will soon set the prisoners free as the Germans retreat. Eliezer calls the rumor, “an injection of morphine.” Explain why this quotation about the rumor is a metaphor. (Metaphor draws a comparison between two unlike things... what might the news represent for the Jews?)

What is the ridiculous reason for cleaning out the entire prison blocks before leaving the camp?

• As a punishment for staying

• They did it because they felt bad

• They didn’t clean the blocks before they left

• So when they discover the prison they don’t think pigs stayed there

Eliezer's father wakes him up to save him from what?

• Being eaten by an animal

• Starving to death

• Freezing to death