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Night by Elie Wiesel

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Moishe the Beadle barely escaped death at the hands of the Gestapo.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

When the German soldiers came to Sighet, they appeared to be cruel and filled the residents with fear and mistrust.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The Jews were forced to wear green stars.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Madame Schachter screamed about a fire that no one could see.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Wiesel's sister and mother fled to safety in Palestine.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Elie was only 12 years old when he was sent to a concentration camp.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Elie saw children thrown into the flames.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Some of the veteran Jewish prisoners beat the new ones.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Who was the notorious nazi who wrote down Elie's number?

a)

Akiba Drumer

b)

Dr. Mengele

c)

Meir Katz

d)

Idek

10.

Who was the frenzy-prone capo who beat Elie in the warehouse?

a)

Idek

b)

Juliek

c)

Rabbi Eliahu

d)

Tzipora

11.

Elie hoped he would not desert his father like this man's son did.

a)

Meir Katz

b)

Akiba Drumer

c)

Dr. Mengele

d)

Rabbi Eliahou

12.

Who, when he lost his faith, died, and the others forgot to say Kaddish as they had promised?

a)

Meir Katz

b)

Dr.Mengele

c)

Akiba Drumer

d)

Rabbi Eliahou

13.

Which of the following was NOT a detail from Moishe's stories from when he was taken to Galicia?

a)

How his wife took three days to die.

b)

People had to dig their own graves.

c)

Babies were used as target practice.

d)

He faked his own death in order to escape.

14.

What did the "selection" process determine?

a)

Who would march to a new camp and who would stay.

b)

Who would be physical laborers and who would do less physical work.

c)

Who would live and who would be sent to the gas chamber.

d)

Who would be fed and who would go hungry.

15.

The Jewish New Year is called...

a)

Rosh Hashanah

b)

Shauvot

c)

Yom Kippur

d)

Passover

16.

What happened to the young Pipel who refused to talk about the large quantity of weapons uncovered?

a)

He was hanged.

b)

He was gassed.

c)

He was whipped.

d)

He was beaten.

17.

When the story starts, Elie is __________ years old; when the story ends he is _________ years old.

a)

12-16

b)

13-16

c)

13-17

d)

12-17

18.

What is the little town in Translyvania where Eliezer grew up?

a)

Lageralteste

b)

Buna

c)

Buchenwald

d)

Sighet

19.

What was the religious book Eliezer studied as a youth?

a)

Passover

b)

Kaddish

c)

Talmud

d)

Bible

20.

What is a motif?

a)

the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

b)

a lesson, especially one concerning what is right or prudent, that can be derived from a story, a piece of information, or an experience.

c)

a recurring symbol which takes on a figurative meaning.