Night Pages

Who is the first character introduced in Night?

• Elie's mother
• Moshe the Beadle
• Adolf Hitler
• Elie Wiesel

Does Moshe the Beadle attempt to help the people of Sighet?

• Yes, he risks his own life to go back to Sughet and warn other about the horror he witnessed.

• No, he was only concerned about his own well-being and told no one about what he experienced.

How many sisters does Elie have?

• 4

• 2

• 3

Why is Moshe the Beadle deported?

• He is a foreign Jew
• He is wanted for a crime he committed
• He is disabled
• None of the above

Who tries to warn the Jews of Sighet that they are in danger of being deported? 

• Elie's mother
• Elie
• Elie's father
• Moshe the Beadle

What makes Elie different from most kids his age?

• He is close to his father

• He is deeply religious (pious)

• He worries about the war

Wiesel writes, Monday passed like a small summer cloud, like a dream in the first daylight hours." What is the purpose of this simile?

• To demonstrate the fear that the Jews felt

• To help the reader get a better visual of the sky

• To show that time passed quickly

What news does Elie's father receive at the late-night council meeting?

• The Jews of Sighet would be killed immediately

• The Jews of Sighet would be deported to a concentration camp

• The Jews of Sighet will be deported in the morning to an unknown destination

Wiesel calls the second ghetto "an open tomb." This metaphor is used to foreshadow what theme?

• silence

• death

• suffering

Where were Elie and his family sent before being deported?

• The synogague

• A ghetto

• To the basement of a neighbor's house