Night Chapter 1

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

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
• None of the above

In what year does Elie's story begin?

• 1841
• 1941
• 1943
• 1944

What makes Elie different from most kids his age?

• He is kind to Jews
• He is deeply religious (pious)
• He worries about the war
• He is close to his father

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

• silence
• death
• suffering
• None of the above

When the foreign Jews were deported, the Jews of Sighet say, "Well, what do you expect? This is war." This is an example of ...

• prejudice

• hate

• rationalization

• silence

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

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

Where were Elie and his family sent before being deported?

• The synogague
• A smaller ghetto
• To the basement of a neighbor's house
• None of the above

How old is Elie when the story begins?

• 11

• 13

• 16

• 12