WorksheetsNight Chapter 6-7
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
"The night was pitch black. From time to time, a shot exploded in the darkness."(85) The primary function of these lines are to
establish a contrasting point of view
Further the central idea of war
provide analysis of new characters
create a disturbing atmosphere
How do the Nazis further dehumanize the Jews on the death march?
They make them run incessantly and do not offer any breaks.
They throw them coins and laugh when they fight over it
They have them shoot each other
They have them take cold showers upon arriving at the next place
When Elie says “the snow seemed to me like a very soft, very warm carpet,”(88) How does Elie use a simile to characterize the mentality of the Jews?
The simile suggests the cold and dark reality of the Jews
The simile suggests the danger and harm the Jews feel.
The simile suggests comfort and relief from exhaustion the Jews feel
The simile suggests the purity and beauty the Jews feel.
What is most likely the reason Rabbi Eliahou's son deserted his father?
his father was not liked by the SS soldiers
To increase his chances of survival
So his father did not have to watch him die
his father was going to die soon anyway
What central idea does Elie grasp when he infers about what Rabbi Eliahou’s son does to his father?
Blood is thicker than water (i.e. Nothing will come between family members).
Family will only look out for those who are kin; others will be forgotten and neglected.
People will bond together in difficult times if and only all people can survive
Some people need to give up family for survival of oneself.
What is Juliek's symbol of survival?
His violin
His spoon and knife
His shoes
His brother
What mood was set for chapter 6 by using imagery in the very first line: "An icy wind was blowing violently"(85)
Relaxed
Sympathetic
Menacing
Nonchalant (Calm and Casual)
Why does Wiesel refer to the people in people who throw out dead bodies from the train within quotation marks (e.g. “gravediggers”)? In other words, what does Wiesel mean with these marks?
Wiesel emphasizes that these men are more cruel than gravediggers
Wiesel emphasizes that these men are professional gravediggers.
Wiesel suggests that these men aren’t real gravediggers and they aren’t digging any graves.
Wiesel suggests that these men are spies for the Nazis, pretending to be emaciated Jews.
What was Elie's main focus of survival during the march?
His father
the idea of revenge upon Nazi's
His faith
His friends
Why does Wiesel get upset years later when a lady throws coins to children who fight over them?
He doesn’t believe that children need to earn a living just as much as their parents do.
He doesn’t believe that giving people charity is right; people need to earn their living.
He doesn’t believe that people should be given money; they should receive food instead.
He doesn’t believe it is right for people to dehumanize others for their personal entertainment.
Which line best advances a central idea of the text as a whole?
"A young boy from Poland was marching beside me. His name was Zalman."
"We came to an abandoned village. Not a living soul. Not a single bark Houses with gaping windows."
"He looked all around him, taking it all in as if he had suddenly decided to make an inventory of his universe, to determine where he was and how and why he was there."
"I stretched out and tried to sleep, to doze a little, but in vain. God knows what I would have given to be able to sleep a few moments. But deep inside, I knew that to sleep meant to die."
What is revealed about Wiesel when he makes a point of his age in one sentence on page 102?
He is opening up because he rarely reveals his age
He is stressing the trauma he will forever experience due to this experience
He is justifying the fact that he deserves food and water more than others
He is clarifying the fact that the Nazi's did not discriminate against age.
"Come on! Here's another! My neighbor. He's not moving...I woke from my apathy only when two men approached my father. I threw myself on his body."(99) From context, what is the best definition for the word apathy?
concern
indifference
dreams
involvement
Why does Elie decide to pray to a God he no longer believes in when he realizes the Rabbi's son purposely left his dad behind?
His father suggested he pray for the boy
It was a Rabbi and he felt as if he should pray
He prays for the strength to never treat his father like that
He promised the the Rabbi he would say Kaddish
What effect does the following sentence have: "We had been a hundred or so in this wagon. Twelve of us left it. Among them, my father and myself."(103)
Illustrates a contrast between catastrophe and blessing
Shows a comparison of miracles and surprises
Shows the similarity between safety and success
Shows the difference between oppression and brutality
Find the two types of figurative language used in the sentence, "In the first hours of dawn, the icy wind cut us like whip."
simile, metaphor
simile, personification
metaphor, hyperbole
alliteration, personification
How do the prisoners satisfy their thirst while waiting for the train
They ate snow off each other
They secretly shared a canteen of water
They warmed the snow in their hands to melt
They tried asking the guards for water
How did Elie's father almost die?
When they were marching, he became exhausted and stopped marching.
He was aging quickly
During the selections, he was sent to the weak side.
He fell asleep and could not wake up
What does Elie do when his father is put on the "bad" side during selection?
Sneaks over there and bring him to the other side
Weeps, thinking his father is going to die
Holds his father and reassures him that everything is going to be okay
Distract the SS officers while his father returns to the other side
Ho do the SS further their inhumanity at the train stop?
They order everyone to throw out the dead bodies
They order all prisoners to give up their shoes
They order all inmates to strip and turn over their clothes
They order everyone to start striking at their neighbor
