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Night Novel

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is Moshe the Beadle?
a)
Elie's father
b)
A local inn keeper
c)
Elie's teacher of Jewish mysticism
d)
Elie's protector
2.
What does Moshe the Beadle try to do when he returns to Sighet?
a)
Warn the Jews about what will happen to them
b)
Encourage his community to believe in God
c)
Create a resistance movement
d)
Teach Kabbalah to the community
3.
What does Madame Schachter have a vision of on the train to Auschwitz?
a)
The devil
b)
God
c)
The Angel of Death
d)
Burning pits of fire
4.
How is Elie's gold tooth removed?
a)
With a rusty spoon
b)
Pulled by hand
c)
With a professional instrument
d)
With a butter knife
5.
The hanging of the pipel was emotional for the prisoners because.......
a)
The pipel were so young and angelic
b)
It was symbolic of themselves
c)
They were mentally exhausted
d)
They had just seen another hanging
6.
Elie reluctantly accepts what "inheritance" from his father?
a)
Warm socks
b)
A photo
c)
A spoon and a knife
d)
His jacket
7.
What is the slogan for Auschwitz?
a)
"Work is Liberty"
b)
"Death to Jews"
c)
"Live Long and Prosper"
d)
"Germany Forever"
8.
In what point of view was Night written?
a)
first person
b)
second person
c)
third limited
d)
third omniscient 
9.
This novel falls into the ______________ genre. 
a)
Science fiction
b)
Expository
c)
Autobiographical
d)
Fiction
10.
During the bombing, what did one inmate try to do that caused him to die?
a)
He tried to escape.
b)
He tried to steal soup.
c)
He started screaming.
d)
He tried to attack an SS officer.
11.
"Jealousy devoured us, consumed us."
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Metaphor
d)
Imagery
12.
"That night, the soup tasted of corpses."
a)
Metaphor
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Personification
d)
Symbolism
13.

Which quote supports the topic of Loss of Faith

a)

"Yet at the same time, a thought crept into my mind. If only I didn't find [my father.] If only I were relieved of the responsibility," (Wiesel 106).

b)

"Blessed be God's name? Why, but why would I bless him? Every fiber in me rebelled," (Wiesel 67).

c)

"The kapos were beating us again, but I no longer felt the pain," (Wiesel 36).

d)

"I watched other hangings. I never saw a single victim weep," (Wiesel 63).

14.
Details like "crammed into cattle cars" effectively...
a)
highlights the unjust treatment of the Jews during the war
b)
targets the Gestapo as the ones responsible for the genocide
c)
shows dehumanization of the Jews to animals or objects 
15.
Which sentence could be a main idea of "Night"?
a)
The Nazis imprisoned many European Jews, making them do harsh work and labor.
b)
Elie is destroyed by the treatment he receives in the Holocaust.
c)
The Jews were brutally treated and killed in Europe during the Holocaust.
d)
Elie overcomes the struggles of being a prisoner in the Holocaust.
16.

"Physically, he was as awkward as a clown" is an example of

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

17.

Which of the following is an example of irony?

a)

The Rabbi was always praying.

b)

The Rabbi was tattooed.

c)

The Rabbi was taken to his death in an ambulance.

d)

The Rabbi was provided with Kaddish.

18.

Which of the following is an example of irony?

a)

The faceless neighbor didn't have a face.

b)

The faceless neighbor heard cannons.

c)

The faceless neighbor had more faith in Hitler than in anyone else.

19.

Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing?

a)

Juliek talks about being killed for playing any music written by Beethoven.

b)

Juliek is being crushed underneath Elie.

c)

Juliek is a nice young Polish man.

d)

Juliek was treated well.

20.

After the pipel's death by hanging, Elie states, "Where He is? This is where--hanging from this gallows..." The best literary term to describe Elie's statement is

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

symbolism

21.

When Elie walks in on Idek while he is spending time with a young girl, Idek tells Elie that he will be punished. What happens to Elie?

a)

Elie is forced to lay on a box and is whipped in front of the other prisoners.

b)

Nothing happens to Elie; it was only a threat.

c)

Elie is forced to work in the camp kitchen and make food for the other prisoners.

22.

When Elie wakes up and his father is gone, he knows his father is now dead. What is his response to his father's death?

a)

He sobs and does not know how he will go on without his father.

b)

He asks the guards to provide him with details about his father's death.

c)

He feels a sense of relief and freedom because his father was becoming a burden to him.

d)

He continues to lie in bed and decides that if his father is dead, he might as well die, too.