Night Chapter 1 Quiz

Where does Elie live with his family?

• Budapest

• Bucharest

• Denmark

• Sighet

What does Moshe the Beadle teach Elie?

• How to stay strong despite personal shortcomings

• How to mend shoes better than Elie's father can

• The teachings of the Kabbalah

• The fact that evil sometimes overcomes good

What happens to Moshe the Beadle and the foreign Jews in Sighet?

• They are hauled away in train cars

• They are taken to Poland

• They are forced to dig their own graves

• Answers A, B, and C

How does Moshe the Beadle escape the Gestapo?

• He plays dead

• He slips out of a transport truck

• A kind soldier sets him free

• He uses fake papers to return to Sighet

Eventually, the Germans invade Hungary and they enter Sighet. How do the German soldiers first treat the Jewish residents of Sighet?

• The Germans treat them well

• The Germans don't treat them well

• Some of the Germans mistreat the Jewish residents

• They deport the Jews of Sighet immediately

As time passes, what happens to the Jews of Sighet?

• They are forced to wear yellow stars

• They are forced to live in ghettos

• They all must march to Budapest

• Both answers A and B

What offer does Martha, the Wiesel's old servant, offer the family?

• A hiding spot in a transport ship headed towards London

• A safe refuge back at her own home

• A canteen filled with water for their train trip

• Both answers A and B

What is the significance of the yellow star that the Jews of Sighet are forced to wear?

• It signifies their loyalty to the German regime

• It marks them as Jewish and subjects them to discrimination

• It allows them to receive special privileges

• It is a symbol of their resistance

What does Elie want to study that his father discourages?

• Mathematics

• Science

• Kabbalah

• History

What is the name of Elie's youngest sister?

• Hilda

• Beatrice

• Tzipora

• Sarah