Night Review

Why was Moishe the Beadle important to Elie Wiesel?

• Moishe taught Elie to read.

• Moishe was the only person in town who was religious.

• Moishe inspired Elie to make plans to leave Sighet and study at a university.

• Moishe teaches Elie the Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism.

What did Moishe the Beadle tell the people on his return from being deported?

• The foreign Jews were made to dig coal to fill the large furnaces

• The foreign Jews were shot and dumped into large mass graves

• The foreign Jews were sent on a boat to Palestine

• The foreign Jews who had money were able to buy their freedom

Many of the people believed Moishe's story and left Sighet.

• True

• False

What was the setting for the first chapter of the book?

• 1935-1939 in Prague, Czechoslovakia

• 1950-1952 in Palestine and Jerusalem

• 1910-1915 in Berlin, Germany

• 1942-1944 in Sighet, Transylvania

What did Madame Schächter see in her vision?

• She saw large open graves full of children

• She saw a fire—a furnace, with huge flames

• She saw row after row of empty houses

• She saw the face of Hitler laughing at the entire world

Some of the young men tied Madame Schächter up and gagged her. Then they hit her.

• True

• False

What did the Jews in the train car discover when they looked out the window?

• They saw several large factories surrounded by barbed wire fences

• They saw lines of soldiers with truncheons, ready to beat them as they got off

• They saw flames gushing out of a tall chimney into the sky

• They saw wagons full of dead bodies

What was Elie's main thought as the men and women were being herded from the train?

• It was to stay with his father at all costs

• It was to keep his faith in God

• It was to find out where his sisters went

• It was to be as brave as possible

What does Elie note is ironic about the men reciting the Kaddish for themselves as they come to Birkenau?

• It is the prayer for the dead

• Most of the men are not religious

• The prayer is secular

• The sound of the band is drowning out the words

When they arrive at Buna, what does Franek want from Elie?

• He wanted Elie's new shoes

• He wanted the money Elie was hiding in the hem of his pants

• He wanted Elie's gold tooth

• He wanted Elie's blanket