Night Excerpt

The use of repetition in the passage below (paragraphs 1-8) adds to the development of the text mainly by___

• helping the reader recount the details of the camp experience

• suggest the astonishment and confusion the author feels

• creating a musical or rhythmic quality to the introduction of the text

• emphasizing the importance of remembering this atrocity

The author suggests the aggressiveness of the SS officers mainly by ______.

• listing as many of their names as he can remember

• quoting their shouted exclamations

• showing the officers interacting with one another

• describing their physical strength

Which sentence from the excerpt best expresses the effect the camp has on the author?

• “I watched darkness fade through the bluish skylights in the roof.”

• “The instincts of self-preservation, of self-defense, of pride, had all deserted us.”

• “Around five o’clock in the morning, we were expelled from the barrack.”

• “I wanted to tell him something, but I didn’t know what.”

Which of these inferences is BEST supported by the following passage (paragraphs 30-32)? Be sure to read and think about all options.

• The author has been distracted and forgotten how many days he has taken care of his father.

• The author is exhausted by activities and is unable to keep a record of his time in the camp.

• The author’s sense of reality has become warped by the horrors he has experienced.

• The author’s perception differs significantly from most of the people in the camp.

Which inference about the narrator is best supported by the excerpt?

• He realizes his struggle makes him stronger.

• He quickly loses his sense of innocence in the camp.

• He believes he can convince a guard to provide him food.

• He keeps his sense of humor when others become disillusioned.

Which sentence from the excerpt most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?

• “After a few minutes of running, a new barrack.”

• “Had the situation not been so tragic, we might have laughed.”

• “We immediately started to switch.”

• “The student of Talmud, the child I was, had been consumed by the flames.”

Which word means "to mix in"?

• intersperse

• antechamber

• redemption

• lucidity

Which word means "relating to or happening at night"?

• Lucidity

• Nocturnal

• Antechamber

• Redemption

Which word means "a small room leading to a larger one"?

• nocternal

• intersperse

• antechamber

• lucidity

Which word means "the act of being saved or forgiven"?

• redemption

• lucidity

• nocturnal

• intersperse