Night Chapters 3 and 4

What were the first instructions shouted at Elie and his family as they got off the train at Auschwitz?

• "Go back home!"

• "Good evening!"

• "Men to the left! Women to the right!"

• "What is your name?"

Upon their arrival to Auschwitz, one of the inmates gives Elie and his father some advice. What is this advice?

• The inmate tells them to kill the SS officers.

• The inmate tells them to lie about their ages.

• The inmate asks where they are from.

• The inmate was their neighbor back in Sighet.

After Elie and his father pass Dr. Mengele, they witness the burning of children and babies in a nearby ditch. What effect does this have on Elie? (Select the 2 answers that apply)

• It makes Elie want to run into the electrified barbed wire surrounding the camp. This would lead to a faster death than fire.

• Elie leaves his father to join his mother's side.

• Elie begins to question his faith/religion.

• Elie jumps over the fence and runs away from Auschwitz.

Read this line from chapter 3:

[The SS officer] harangued us from the center of the barrack: “You are in a concentration camp..."

What does 'harangued' mean?

• to lecture someone aggressively.

• to physically beat someone.

• to aggressively praise someone.

• to follow someone.

Each prisoner was assigned a number and had it tattooed on their arms. Elie was A-7713. What theme is demonstrated in this scene? (Hint: there is more than 1 answer)

• Dehumanization

• Loss of identity

• Family Bonds

• None of these

Why did Elie lie to Stein, the man his father didn't recognize as a relative?

• He hated Stein.

• Elie knew his father hated Stein, so he lied to him.

• Stein's wife was Elie's least favorite teacher from Sighet.

• Elie wanted to give Stein hope that his family was still alive.

When a transport arrived from Antwerp, Belgium, Stein was given the real news. What does Elie mean when he says this?

• Stein's family is dead.

• Stein was to be liberated immediately.

• The war had just ended!

• Stein would be promoted to bunk president.

What is the name of the camp that Elie and his father are transported to at the end of chapter 3?

• Birkenau

• Blitzkreig

• Dachau

• Buna

Upon arriving at the first concentration camp, what was the first horrifying sight that Elie at first could not believe he was seeing?

• He saw children being thrown into the flames

• He saw a Nazi officer shoot a dog.

• He saw his sister and mother beaten.

• He saw the Nazis were forcibly shaving Jewish heads.

What is the best explanation to the following quote:
"Never shall I forget these flames which consumed my faith forever."

• The flames are burned into his brain, and seeing the flames and Nazi treatment of Jews caused him to lose his hope in humanity and his faith in God.
• He witnessed the Nazis burning down the synagogue he had attended as a child.
• He knew that the Nazis had burned the ghetto to the ground and he wouldn't forget it.
• He could never forget how the Nazis hate was  like a big burning fire that never went out.