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Night- Chapter 1&2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does Elie feel about his religion?

a)

He is dedicated to it

b)

He hates it

c)

He does not care about it

d)

He wishes his father would stop forcing him to study

2.

What evidence supports the fact that Elie is dedicated to his religion?

a)

He asks Moishe the Beadle to teach him

b)

He studies the Kabbalah

c)

He goes to the Synagogue daily

d)

All of the above

3.

Describe Elie's father

a)

kind, loving, family oriented

b)

unsentimental and respected by the community

c)

Angry, cruel, violent

4.

Who was Moishe the Beadle?

a)

Elie's teacher who is shy, poor, and a jack of all trades

b)

Elie's teacher who is outgoing, loud, and wants attention

c)

Elie's friend who works with the Germans

d)

Elie's enemy who tries to hurt Elie

5.
Why is Moshe the Beadle deported?
a)
He is a foreign Jew
b)
He is wanted for a crime he committed
c)
He is disabled
d)
None of the above
6.
What makes Elie different from most kids his age?
a)
He is kind to Jews
b)
He is deeply religious (pious)
c)
He worries about the war
d)
He is close to his father
7.
Wiesel writes, Monday passed like a small summer cloud, like a dream in the first daylight hours."  What is the purpose of this simile?
a)
To demonstrate the fear that the Jews felt
b)
To help the reader get a better visual of the sky
c)
To show that time passed quickly
d)
None of the above
8.
Wiesel calls the second ghetto "an open tomb."  This metaphor is used to foreshadow what theme?
a)
silence
b)
death
c)
suffering
d)
None of the above
9.
The term anti-semitism refers to:
a)
hatred of minorities
b)
hatred of Jews
c)
none of the above
d)
hatred of the disabled
10.

Hitler's use of the word "exterminate" was purposeful in creating a negative view of Jews - as if they were not really human beings.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Why was the window in Wiesel's house boarded up?

a)

The window was broken during a fire.

b)

The window was broken during a shooting.

c)

The window faced the street outside of the Ghetto.

d)

The window faced the Ghetto.

12.

What was the first impression the Jews had of the German soldiers?

a)

They were vile, foreboding men

b)

They were similar to the Hungarian police

c)

They were likeable

d)

This is a trick question. The Jews in this story were never confronted by German soldiers.

13.

What did Mrs. Schachter foreshadow?

a)

The bludgeoning of her son

b)

The separation of her family

c)

The death of Wiesel's father

d)

The chimneys with smoke and the smell of burning flesh

14.

What does Madame Schachter's screams symbolize?

a)

Their Future

b)

Hope

c)

Survival

d)

The Present

15.

Madame Schachter's repetitive use of "Fire! I see fire!" is what literary device?

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Alliteration

c)

Rhyme

d)

Irony