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Night Chapter 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Moishe the Beadle?

a)

Moishe the Beadle is a homeless man with insights into the future.

b)

Moishe the Beadle is a homeless but religious man whom Elie wants as a mentor.

c)

Moishe the Beadle is a homeless, religious man whom society feels is a nuisance.

2.

When Moishe sees Elie crying, what is Elie doing?

a)
b)
c)
3.

How does Moishe escape the train of deportees?

a)

Moishe hides in the cattle car until the German officers have left.

b)

Moishe is shot and pretends to be dead.

c)

Moishe is wounded in the leg and left for dead.

4.

Why did Eliezer (Elie) say the ghetto was "ruled by delusion?"

a)

The ghetto was "ruled by delusion" because the Jewish people were able to live their lives as normal within the confines of the ghettos.

b)

The ghetto was "ruled by delusion" because the Jewish people had a false sense of optimism in the face of a harsh reality.

c)

The ghetto was "ruled by delusion" because they were safe in the ghettos.

5.

The Jewish holiday of Passover is similar to our holiday of Easter. Passover is the celebration of Jewish liberation from Egypt. However, the leaders of the Jewish community were arrested during the celebration of Passover. This is an example of which literary device?

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Irony

c)

Symbolism

6.

Why did Eliezer (Elie) begin to hate the Hungarian police?

a)

The Hungarian police were violent and had no mercy on the Jewish society.

b)

The Hungarian police were their first oppressors.

c)

The Hungarian police stole valuables from the Jewish society.

7.

The Jewish people were made to wear the "Star of David" and the German soldiers wore helmets with a "death's head emblem." Each of these carry a much deeper meaning beyond being a signet. They are examples of:

a)

Pictures

b)

Identification

c)

Symbolism

8.

"They think I'm mad," he whispered, and tears, like raindrops of wax, flowed from his eyes. This is an example of which figurative language?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Analogy

9.

Gaping doors and windows looked out into the void. It all belonged to everyone since it no longer belonged to anyone. It was there for the taking. An open tomb. This is an example of which figurative language?

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

10.

We settled in. I went looking for wood, my sisters lit a fire. This is an example of which figurative language?

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Idiom

11.

The synagogue resembled a large railroad station: baggage and tears. This is an example of which figurative language?

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

12.

Some ____________ members of the community came to consult with my father, who had connections at the upper levels of the Hungarian police.

a)
b)
c)
13.

Afterward everything would be as before. The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by _____________.

a)
b)
c)
14.

That was when I began to hate them, and my hatred remains our only link today. They were our first _________. They were the first faces of hell and death.

a)

infinite

b)

oppressors

c)

surrealist

15.

Hostility or prejudice against Jews?

a)

Final Solution

b)

Genocide

c)

Anti-Semitism