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Night by Ellie Wiezel

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What town do Elie and his family come from?

a)

Sighet

b)

Haifa

c)

Budapest

d)

Gleiwitz

2.

Upon his return to Sighet, what does Moishe the Beadle attempt to do?

a)

warn the jews about what will happen to them

b)

find his faith in Elie

c)

teach Cabbala to the young

d)

create a resistance movement

3.

On what day are Elie and his family deported from the ghetto?

a)

on the Sabbath

b)

Christmas Day

c)

Yom Kippurhttps

d)

on the seventh day of Passover

4.

What is the Kaddish?

a)

Jewish prayer for the dead

b)

a dance of worship to God

c)

an ancient language of the caballa

d)

a special food served at Passover

5.

With what instrument is Elie’s gold crown removed?

a)

a rusty spoon

b)

a rusty fork

c)

Franek’s bare hands

d)

a scalpel

6.

Why does Akiba Drumer decide to die?

a)

He has lost his faith in God.

b)

He is in too much physical pain.

c)

He is too old and lonely.

d)

He is sick anyway.

7.

Why does Elie end up having to have an operation?

a)

His foot swells.

b)

His tooth is infected.

c)

He is in pain from his appendix.

d)

His arm swells.

8.

What does Elie pray to God that he will never do?

a)

abandon his father

b)

die in the concentration camps

c)

stop praying

d)

rise up and seek vengeance

9.

After they arrive at Gleiwitz, what does Elie say he hears in the middle of the night?

a)

Juliek playing his violin

b)

screaming of children

c)

moans of the injured

d)

whispers from the dead in his dreams

10.

Why is the hanging of the pipel so emotional for the prisoners?

a)

The pipel is so young and angelic looking.

b)

The prisoners have already witnessed another hanging.

c)

They know there would be no soup that day.

d)

They think he is a symbol for Jesus.

11.

What is Elie’s “inheritance” from his father?

a)

a spoon and a knife

b)

a rusty can and a knife

c)

his jacket

d)

a bag of gold

12.

What stares back at Elie at the end of the novel?

a)

a corpse

b)

the American liberators

c)

the SS soldiers

d)

a vision of his mother and father

13.

What is the slogan for Auschwitz?

a)

"Work Makes You Free"

b)

"Live for Germany"

c)

"Work Makes You Happy""

d)

"Live Free or Die"

14.

Why don’t Elie’s new shoes get taken away at Buna?

a)

They are covered in mud.

b)

They are ugly.

c)

They are not needed.

d)

He barters for his gold crown.

15.

Choose the letter that fits the description. Elie Wiesel

a)

narrator of the novel

b)

held in great esteem by the Jews of Sighet

c)

loses her mind as she envisions fire

d)

tries to warn the Jews of Sighet

16.

Choose the letter that fits the description. Chlomo Wiesel

a)

narrator of the novel

b)

held in great esteem by the Jews of Sighet

c)

loses her mind as she envisions fire

d)

tries to warn the Jews of Sighet

17.

Choose the letter that fits the description. Moshe the Beadle

a)

narrator of the novel

b)

held in great esteem by the Jews of Sighet

c)

loses her mind as she envisions fire

d)

tries to warn the Jews of Sighet

18.

Choose the letter that fits the description. Idek

a)

Kapo who beats Elie and his father

b)

Elie's sister who dies at Auschwitz

c)

trampled to death in the run to Gleiwitz

19.

Choose the letter that fits the description. Tzipora

a)

Kapo who beats Elie and his father

b)

Elie's sister who dies at Auschwitz

c)

trampled to death in the run to Gleiwitz

20.

Choose the letter that fits the description. Zalman

a)

Kapo who beats Elie and his father

b)

Elie's sister who dies at Auschwitz

c)

trampled to death in the run to Gleiwitz

21.

Choose the letter that fits the description. Monocle

a)

Dr. Josef Mengele

b)

Juliek

c)

Elie

d)

Chlomo

e)

Idek

22.

Choose the letter that fits the description. Violin

a)

Dr. Josef Mengele

b)

Juliek

c)

Chlomo

d)

Elie

e)

Idek

23.

Gold Crown/Tooth

a)

Dr. Josef Mengele

b)

Juliek

c)

Elie

d)

Chlomo

24.

Spoon and knife

a)

Dr. Josef Mengele

b)

Juliek

c)

Elie

d)

Chlomo