WorksheetsNight Section 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who is the first character introduced in Night?
Moshe the Beadle
Adolf Hitler
Elie Wiesel
Elie's mother
What town do Eliezer and his family come from?
Gleiwitz
Sighet
Haifa
Budapest
How old is Elie when the story begins?
11
12
13
16
What is Eliezer’s oldest sister’s name?
Bea
Hilda
Tzipora
Esther
Upon his return to the village, what does Moishe the Beadle try to do?
Break into Eliezer's home
Spy for the Nazis
Become a Rabbi
Warn the villagers about the Nazi threat
After being evacuated from their original homes, where are the Jews of Sighet first sent?
To Auschwitz/Birkenau
To a ghetto within Sighet
To Czechoslovakia
To Buna
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
Why didn't people believe Moshe?
They thought he was crazy or wanted pity.
They knew he was a liar.
They didn't know him well.
They thought he'd do anything for attention.
Which line from the selection provides the best evidence that the Jews of Sighet are optimistic despite Hitler’s plan of extermination?
Then one day they expelled all the foreign Jews for Sighet.
The Germans were already in the town, the Fascists were already in power, the verdict had already been pronounced, yet the Jews of Sighet continued to smile.
At that time is was still possible to obtain emigration permits for Palestine.
We were no longer allowed to go into restaurants or cafes, to travel on the railway, to attend synagogue, to go out into the street after six o’clock.
True or False: Elie's mother and sisters went to Martha's village.
True
False
