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Night Final Test

Total questions: 93

Worksheet time: 3hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Madame Schachter have a vision of on the train to Auschwitz?

a)

the devil

b)

God

c)

smoke

d)

fire

2.

What is the Kaddish?

a)

Jewish New Year

b)

Jewish prayer for the dead

c)

The Day of Atonement

d)

A language spoken by Jews

3.

How is Elie's gold crown removed by Franek?

a)

With a rusty spoon

b)

Pulled by hand

c)

With a professional instrument

d)

With a butter knife

4.
Why did Akiba Drumer decide to die?
a)
He was too sick
b)
He was in too much pain
c)
He has given up
d)
He has lost faith in God
5.

Elie requires an operation because of ____.

a)

a broken arm

b)

a swollen foot

c)

an infected tooth

d)

abdominal pain

6.

After arriving in Gleiwitz, Elie prays to God that he will never ____.

a)

seek vengeance

b)

abandon his father

c)

lose his faith

d)

go hungry

7.

The hanging of the pipel was emotional for the prisoners because ______.

a)

the pipel was so young and angelic

b)

the pipel was symbolic of themselves

c)

they were mentally exhausted

d)

they had just seen another hanging

8.

Elie reluctantly accepts what "inheritance" from his father?

a)

his shoes

b)

a photo

c)

a spoon and knife

d)

his wedding ring

9.

What is the slogan for Auschwitz?

a)

"Work Sets You Free"

b)

"Death to Jews"

c)

"Peace Through Strength"

d)

"Germany Forever"

10.

A theme in this narrative is

a)

the silent complicity in the Holocaust of the average German citizen

b)

a young boy's loss of innocence and loss of faith

c)

the disregard the Allied airplanes demonstrated for the lives of inmates when they bombed the camps

d)

all of the above

11.

Elie's greatest fear in the camp was ____.

a)

being killed in his bunk by an inmate after his gold crown

b)

being sent to the crematorium while still alive

c)

being separated from his father

d)

that he might not ever see his mother and little sister again

12.

Ironically, immediately following liberation, Elie nearly died of pneumonia.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Played Beethoven for his fellow prisoners before he died.

a)

Yossi

b)

Tibi

c)

Juliek

d)

Zalman

14.

His son left him behind because he had become a burden

a)

Moshe the Beadle

b)

Meir Katz

c)

Rabbi Elihaou

d)

Akiba Drumer

15.

During the selection in section 8 where Elie's father was sent to the left, to his death, Elie ______.

a)

paid a guard to free his father

b)

created a confusion in which some prisoners died

c)

nearly escaped

d)

was glad to be free

16.

When Idek beat Elie's father with the iron bar for no reason, Elie was angry _____.

a)

at himself for not being able to help

b)

at God because He was responsible

c)

at his father, for not knowing how to avoid the beating

d)

at Idek, for his irrational behavior

17.

What work detail were Elie & his father assigned to at Buna?

a)

working in the infirmary

b)

handing out food rations

c)

counting bolts, bulbs, and electrical equipment

d)

working for the construction detail

18.

Who does the prisoner in the hospital bed next to Elie say he trusts most?

a)

The doctor

b)

Hitler

c)

Elie

d)

The Russians

19.

What age does Eliezer say he is when asked by the soldier?

a)

13

b)

15

c)

18

d)

21

20.

Who is Eliezer beginning to have challenges believing after arriving at the concentration camp?

a)

The Kapos

b)

God

c)

His father

d)

Stein

21.

How does Eliezer view the world at the beginning of Night?

a)

corrupt and immoral

b)

beautiful and a reflection of a loving God

c)

drained of all human happiness

d)

strictly self-centered

22.

What phrase does Elie repeat in section 3 to highlight the horror of his first night in the concentration camp?

a)

Blessed be the Almighty

b)

If only we knew

c)

When we get out of here

d)

Never shall I forget

23.

In section 4, Elie says that the soup tastes better, which conveys that he

a)

has been inspired by the boy's bravery

b)

believes the living conditions in the camp have improved

c)

still has compassion when people are killed in front of him

d)

is optimistic that the end of the war is close

24.

Why is Eliezer ordered to go to the dentist?

a)

He has a cavity that is keeping him from working.

b)

He has been assigned to work for the dentist.

c)

He needs a fluoride treatment.

d)

The dentist wants his gold crown.

25.

What does Eliezer see as the breaking point for his faith?

a)

A man being poisoned by soup he stole

b)

A guard raping a prisoner

c)

Babies being used for target practice

d)

A child being hanged

26.

In what point of view is Night written?

a)

First person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third person

27.
“I fought my way to the coffee cauldron like a wild beast.” What two items are being compared in this simile?
a)
The concentration camp and a wild jungle
b)
The wild beast and the cauldron
c)
The cauldron and Elie
d)
Elie and a wild beast
28.

On the march to Gleiwitz, Elie says, “The road was endless." Why type of figurative language is this example?

a)

foreshadowing

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

29.
“The snow seemed to me like a very soft, very warm carpet.” Why does Elie make this comparison?
a)
To emphasize his exhaustion and desire to lay down and rest in the snow.
b)
To demonstrate how warm the weather was in spite of the snow.
c)
To show how many people fell asleep in the snow.
d)
To draw attention to his hurt foot that only feels better in the cold snow.
30.
What is the first thing which happens when people arrive at the concentration camp?
a)
They are given food and water
b)
They are allowed to rest
c)
Women and men are separated 
d)
The elderly and ill people are given medical attention
31.

There is a foul-smelling barrel of liquid at the entrance of the second barracks. What is it used for?

a)

Cleaning weapons

b)

Motor oil

c)

Radiator fluid

d)

Disinfection

32.

What event causes Elie to say, "Where is He? This is where-- hanging here from this gallows..."

a)

The hanging of the young pipel

b)

The hanging of the Pole from Warsaw

c)

The hanging of the Dutch Oberkapo

d)

The hanging of Idek

33.
This word best describes the tone of the passage in which Wiesel describes hearing Juliek playing the violin.
a)
Outraged
b)
Sinister
c)
Melancholy
d)
Regretful
34.
Wiesel's clawing for air in the barrack established a mood of
a)
joy
b)
doom
c)
anger
d)
desperation
35.

How did Elie's father change throughout the story?

a)

He gradually became weaker

b)

He gradually became stronger

c)

He became more hopeful

d)

He became more angry

36.
When Elie was younger his main interest was:
a)
Religion
b)
Baseball
c)
Writing Poems
d)
Mathematics
37.
What is staring back at Elie at the end of the story?
a)
His mom
b)
His dad
c)
A corpse 
d)
Nothing
38.

In section 7 what did Elie and the other passengers eat instead of bread?

a)

soup

b)

snow

c)

onions

d)

grass

39.

Elie saw German workmen laugh as Jews fought to death over

a)

some coins

b)

a crust of bread

c)

a dirty blanket

d)

a bowl of soup

40.

Why didn't Elie cry when his father died?

a)

He had no more tears to cry

b)

He no longer considered Shlomo to be his father

c)

His father told him not to cry for him

d)

He didn't care

41.

Which of the following themes is conveyed in the statement, “‘Meir, my little Meir! Don’t you recognize me…You’re killing your father…I have bread…for you too…for you too…”?

a)

loss of faith

b)

emotional death

c)

self-preservation over family commitment

d)

dignity in the face of inhuman cruelty

42.
Why were Elie and his father afraid to lie down in the snow?
a)
They feared frostbite
b)
They thought the German guards would beat them
c)
They believed other prisoners would steal their bread
d)
They felt if they fell asleep, they might never wake up
43.

Where do the prisoners go after leaving Gleiwitz?

a)

Auschwitz

b)

Buchenwald

c)

Chelmo

d)

Dachau

44.

What is Elie's father dying of?

a)

influenza

b)

black fever

c)

malnutrition

d)

dysentery

45.
Elie's father's last word was ___________ .
a)
"water"
b)
"mercy"
c)
"god"
d)
"Eliezer"
46.

In section 9 when the Jews are ordered to assemble in the Appelplatz in Buchenwald, the prisoners understand _____.

a)

they are about to be moved to another camp

b)

they will receive soup and bread rations

c)

that they will be used as human shields when the Americans arrive

d)

they are all about to be killed

47.

The SS flee Buchenwald when ____.

a)

the Americans are close by

b)

the Russians are close by

c)

the Resistance fights back in the camp

d)

Germany surrenders and the war ends

48.

What is the significance of the cruelty of the prisoners to one another?

a)

It reflects the hostility Eliezer feels toward his father.

b)

It demonstrates the fundamental immorality of imprisonment.

c)

It shows the evil and cruelty that everyone is capable of.

d)

It inspires Eliezer's attempt to escape the camp.

49.

What number replaces Elie's name?

a)

A-7713

b)

A-7630

c)

A-15510

d)

A-25060

50.

When Elie and his father arrive in Buna, one of the Kommando's aides says that he can arrange for Elie and his father to stay together if Elie does what?

a)

gives up his gold crown

b)

gets his father's wedding ring

c)

gives the boy his food rations

d)

gives up his shoes

51.

What is Elie's punishment for spying on Idek and the Polish girl?

a)

beating with an iron bar

b)

25 lashes with a whip

c)

no soup for a week

d)

transferred to the construction depot

52.

Why was a prisoner shot during an Allied air raid on the Buna camp?

a)

He had stolen bread.

b)

He was stockpiling weapons.

c)

He was trying to steal unattended soup.

d)

He had caused sabotage on the electrical plant.

53.

What was the debate among the prisoners on Yom Kippur?

a)

if they should say evening prayers

b)

if they should fast or not

c)

if they should say a prayer for the German soldiers

d)

if they should go to bed early

54.

What "gift" did the SS offer the prisoners for the new year?

a)

extra food rations

b)

new clothes

c)

selection

d)

blankets for their bunks

55.

Out of the 100 prisoners who were loaded onto the cattle car to Buchenwald, how many survived?

a)

5

b)

12

c)

32

d)

47

56.

When is Buchenwald liberated?

a)

January 29

b)

on Rosh Hashanah

c)

on Yom Kippur

d)

April 11

57.

How many sisters did Elie have?

a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
58.

When Elie and his father arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau, what did the prisoner tell them to lie about & why?

a)

He told them to lie about their names, so the SS wouldn't know they were Jews.

b)

He told them to lie about their ages, so the SS would think they were not too old or too young.

c)

He told them to lie about their homes, so the SS wouldn't know what country they were from.

d)

He told them to lie about their religious faith, so the SS wouldn't know they were Jewish.

59.

Which quote best illustrates the change happening in Elie as he began to lose his faith in God?

a)

“No sooner had we climbed into the bunks than we fell into a deep sleep.”

b)

“This conversation cannot have lasted more than a few seconds. It had seemed like an eternity to me.”

c)

“Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever.”

d)

“We had already lived through so much that night, we thought nothing could frighten us anymore.”

60.

When Elie and his father arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau, who recognized them because he was a member of their extended family?

a)

Stein from Antwerp

b)

A French Jewish woman posing as Aryan

c)

Their Rabbi from Sighet

d)

An old customer of Eliezer's father's store in Sighet

61.

Who decided which people would be sent to the gas chambers during the "selections" at the Auschwitz and Buna concentration camps?

a)

Akiba Drumer

b)

Zalman

c)

Idek

d)

Dr. Mengele

62.

Elie and his father choosing to leave the hospital two days before it was liberated by the Red Army was an example of which literary device?

a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Irony
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor 
63.

Which character was ... trampled to death during the run to Gleiwitz because he had stomach cramps and needed to stop?

a)

Zalman

b)

Chlomo Wiesel

c)

Akiba Drumer

d)

Moshe the Beadle

e)

Juliek

64.

After the coversation with Rabbi Eliahou in the abandoned factory during the death march, what did Elie pray to God that he will never do?

a)

abandon his father

b)

die in the concentration camps

c)

stop praying

d)

act on his anger with revenge

65.

Why were Jews not allowed to play music written by Beethoven?

a)

because Hitler was a fan of Beethoven

b)

because they had no instruments

c)

because Beethoven was German, and it was forbidden for Jews to play German music

d)

because Beethoven was a German Nazi, and he forbid them to play his music

66.

Why did the head of the block try to persuade Eliezer to stop sharing his food with his father?

a)

because every man must take care of himself in the camp

b)

because the hospital had special food for his father

c)

because Eliezer's father was a thief and was stealing food from others

d)

because Juliek needed food more than his father did

67.

When did Elie's father die?

a)

January 28, 1945

b)

September 26, 1944

c)

April 10, 1945

d)

January 8, 1945

68.
“Suddenly, the sirens began to scream.” 
What type of figurative language is this example?
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
69.

EMPATHY: (definition) he ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Which of the following situations are examples of empathy?

a)

Elie choosing to give up his gold crown to the dentist

b)

The SS shooting the men when they slowed down during the Death March

c)

The prisoners crying as they watched the pipel suffer when he was hanged

d)

Forcing the prisoners to run for miles in the snow without stopping to Gleiwitz

70.

APATHY: (definition) lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern

Which of the following is an example of apathy from the novel?

a)

The SS calling the men "pigs - swine" and forcing them to run faster during the death march

b)

Elie lying to Stein when he tells him his family is okay

c)

Elie giving up his rations for his father

d)

The Jews from Sighet trying to calm down Madame Schachter on the train to Auschwitz

71.
What did the prisoners need to do during the selection?
a)
Prove they could read
b)
Dig a hole
c)
Take an oath
d)
Run 
72.
Jewish prisoners put in charge of other prisoners were
a)
Kapos
b)
sonder-Kommando
c)
SS
d)
Lager-Kapo
73.

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "They think I'm mad," he whispered, and tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes.

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

74.

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "We were withered trees in the heart of the desert."

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

75.

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "One day, as we returned from work, we saw three gallows, three black ravens, erected on the Appelplatz."

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

76.

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "The lament spread from wagon to wagon. It was contagious."

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

77.

What figurative language device is used in the following passage? "From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me."

a)

idiom

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

78.
Why does the barracks leader, the Blockalteste, make the men clean their bunks before leaving?
a)
He would be shot by the Nazis if they saw a dirty bunk.
b)
He wants the Russians to think that men, not animals, lived there.
c)
He is crazy and obsessive.
d)
He wants to torture the men one last time.
79.
In chapter 4, Eliezer says that the soup tastes better which conveys that he
a)
is no longer bothered by seeing the deaths of other prisoners
b)
believes the living conditions in the camp have improved
c)
is different from Juliek in that he is still compassionate
d)
is optimistic that the end of the war is close
80.
Why does Eliezer lie and tell the SS that he is a farmer, instead of admitting he is a student?
a)
He wants to work in the fields and not in the school.
b)
He wants them to know he shouldn't be in the camp.
c)
He wants them to think he is strong and can do work.
d)
He wants to be a farmer anyway, so he's reinventing himself.
81.

tormented Mr. Wiesel to get the gold crown

a)

Zalman

b)

Franek

c)

Juliek

d)

Idek

82.

Died in the wagon

a)

Schachter

b)

Chlomo

c)

Meir Katz

d)

Juliek

83.

True or False: Elie said he observed the prayer service like a stranger.

a)

True

b)

False

84.

What did Elie dream of when he dreamed of a better world?

a)

a world without German soldiers

b)

a soup pot that was always full

c)

all people living in peace

d)

a world with no bells

85.

What secret was the woman in the factory hiding?

a)

She was a Russian spy

b)

She was Jewish passing as an Aryan

c)

She was planning to rebel

d)

She was a German spy

86.

After being made to run, where did the prisoners finally stop to rest?

a)

An old shed (brick factory)

b)

In the forest

c)

An abandoned tank

d)

A farmhouse A farmhouse

87.

At Auschwitz, what does Elie do when he meets Stein, his cousin from Antwerp?

a)

Lies to Stein about his family

b)

Gives up his gold crown to Stein

c)

Kills Steinto save his father from being beaten

d)

Spies on him lying with a girl and giggles

88.

Rabbi Eliahou’s son leaving his father is an example of?

a)

Character vs. Society

b)

Character vs. Machine

c)

Character vs. Nature

d)

Character vs. Character

89.

Why do you think Juliek played a fragment of a Beethoven concerto as he is crushed to death?

a)

To put everyone to sleep

b)

As a last act of defiance and statement of his identity

c)

To give Elie hope and his father hope

d)

He is sad

90.
“The snow seemed to me like a very soft, very warm carpet.” Why does Elie make this comparison?
a)
To emphasize his exhaustion and desire to lay down and rest in the snow.
b)
To demonstrate how warm the weather was in spite of the snow.
c)
To show how many people fell asleep in the snow.
d)
To draw attention to his hurt foot that only feels better in the cold snow.
91.

What is the purpose of juxtaposing the two passages?


One day when we had stopped, a workman took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought each other to the death for a few crumbs. The German workmen took a lively interest in this spectacle.


Some years later, I watched the same kind of scene at Aden. The passengers on our boat were amusing themselves by throwing coins to the “natives,” who were diving in to get them. An attractive, aristocratic Parisienne was deriving special pleasure from the game. I suddenly noticed that two children were engaged in a death struggle, trying to strangle each other. I turned to the lady.

“Please,” I begged, “don’t throw any more money in!”

“Why not?” she said. “I like to give charity…” (73)

a)

to emphasise lack of empathy may inspire cruelty

b)

to demonstrate war brings out the worst in others

c)

to illustarte people do not appreciate generosity for others

d)

to show people's desire to perform for others

92.
Why does Elie try so desperately to wake his father up while they are on the carriage?
a)
His father is about to be taken for dead and thrown off the carriage
b)
He is afraid he will be left behind
c)
He needs his father to console him
d)
He is afraid he will lose his father's protection
93.
How/what does Elie feel when his father finally passes away? 
a)
Sad
b)
Happy
c)
Freedom
d)
Anger