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Night / English 1 (2023)

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the description with the word:


Kapo

a)

unit or command

b)

German word for master

c)

prisoner in the camps assigned to supervise labor camps

d)

Chief Kapo who supervised the work crews

e)

military men under Hitler's organization

2.

Match the description with the word:


Idek

a)

Kapo in charge of building where Elie is assigned

b)

German word for master

c)

prisoner in the camps assigned to supervise labor camps

d)

Chief Kapo who supervised the work crews

e)

took Elie's gold crown

3.

Match the description with the word:


Tziporia

a)

unit or command

b)

German word for master

c)

prisoner in the camps assigned to supervise labor camps

d)

Chief Kapo who supervised the work crews

e)

Elie's sister

4.

Match the description with the word:


Oberkapo

a)

unit or command

b)

German word for master

c)

prisoner in the camps assigned to supervise labor camps

d)

Chief Kapo who supervised the work crews

e)

military men under Hitler's organization

5.

Match the description with the word:


Appelplatz

a)

unit or command

b)

German word for master

c)

central meeting area

d)

Jewish woman

e)

military men under Hitler's organization

6.

Match the description with the word:


Pipel

a)

angelic child; died slowly for relationship with Oberkapo

b)

German word for master

c)

took Elie's gold crown

d)

Jewish woman

e)

Elie's friend in the concentration camp

7.

Match the description with the word:


Franek

a)

angelic child; died slowly for relationship with Kapo

b)

German word for master

c)

took Elie's gold crown

d)

Jewish woman

e)

Elie's friend in the concentration camp

8.

Match the description with the word:


Franek

a)

angelic child; died slowly for relationship with Kapo

b)

German word for master

c)

took Elie's gold crown

d)

Jewish woman

e)

Elie's friend in the concentration camp

9.

Match the description with the word:


French Girl

a)

angelic child; died slowly for relationship with Kapo

b)

German word for master

c)

took Elie's gold crown

d)

Jewish woman who passes for Aryan

e)

Elie's friend in the concentration camp

10.

Match the description with the word:


Father

a)

angelic child; died slowly for relationship with Kapo

b)

German word for master

c)

took Elie's gold crown

d)

suffered from dysentery and beaten because he couldn't march

e)

Elie's friend in the concentration camp

11.

Chapter 3 / First Night

Elie says, "Never shall I forget these flames which consumed my faith forever."

This matters because...

a)

He walks away from his faith, forever.

b)

He believes he's lost the ability to connect to his faith and will never regain it again.

c)

He feels like the images he witnesses makes him lose his faith.

d)

He believes that God abandoned the Jewish people.

12.

What is a metaphor?

a)

mental imagery

b)

hint toward the future

c)

a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

d)

an extreme exaggeration

13.

What is the purpose of imagery?

a)

to create mental images that help the reader understand the context of the situation being described

b)

to provide a hint toward future events and to build suspense

c)

to create a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

d)

to create dramatic emphasis by way of an extreme exaggeration

14.

Why did Elie feel ashamed when he and his dad became separate during the alert in Buchenwald?

a)

A person in his bunk had died.

b)

He was planning to steal from other parishioners.

c)

He'd fallen asleep making him miss the warnings which could have caused him his life.

d)

He'd lost track of him father during the chaos and honestly didn't care if they met up again.

15.

When Elie's father dies, he feels...

a)

remorse because he didn't do more to help save him

b)

extreme sorrow and melancholy

c)

bitterness and hatred

d)

relief because his free to focus on saving himself

16.

Chapter 3 / What were the first instructions shouted at Elie and his family as they got off the train at Auschwitz?

a)

"Go back home!"

b)

"Good evening!"

c)

"Men to the left! Women to the right!"

d)

"What is your name?"

17.
How old does Elie pretend to be?
a)
18
b)
21
c)
16
d)
15
18.
What is the best explanation for why Elie lied to Stein of Antwerp? --remember he told Stein that he had heard good news about his wife and children.
a)
To make the man happy
b)
It was a spur of the moment decision
c)
To be mean
d)
Because Elie likes to lie
19.
Who is Elie separated from in Birkenau?
a)
All the adults
b)
His entire family
c)
His mother and sister
d)
Just his father
20.

Upon their arrival to Auschwitz, one of the inmates gives Elie and his father some advice. What is this advice?

a)

The inmate tells them to kill the SS officers.

b)

The inmate tells them to lie about their ages.

c)

The inmate asks where they are from.

d)

The inmate was their neighbor back in Sighet.

21.

After Elie and his father pass Dr. Mengele, they witness the burning of children and babies in a nearby ditch. What effect does this have on Elie? (Select the 2 answers that apply)

a)

It makes Elie want to run into the electrified barbed wire surrounding the camp. This would lead to a faster death than fire.

b)

Elie leaves his father to join his mother's side.

c)

Elie begins to question his faith/religion.

d)

Elie hurdles the perimeter fence and runs away from Auschwitz.

22.

While only two steps away from the pit of flames, Elie and his father were directed to make sharp left turn and head into the ______________.

a)

cafeteria

b)

hospital

c)

barber shop

d)

barracks

23.

What does Elie witness in chapter three that he claims wouldn't have gone unpunished earlier in his life?

a)

He sees his mom taken to the crematorium.

b)

He witnessed one of his sisters being killed.

c)

He watched infants being disposed of in the fire pits.

d)

He witnessed his father being struck to the ground.

24.

Why did Elie lie to Stein, the man his father didn't recognize as a relative?

a)

He hated Stein.

b)

Elie knew his father hated Stein, so he lied to him.

c)

Stein's wife was Elie's least favorite teacher from Sighet.

d)

Elie wanted to give Stein hope that his family was still alive.

25.

When a transport arrived from Antwerp, Belgium, Stein was given the real news. What does Elie mean when he says this?

a)

Stein's family is dead.

b)

Stein was to be liberated immediately.

c)

The war had just ended!

d)

Stein would be promoted to bunk president.

26.

Elie and his father are skilled workers.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

What is the name of the camp that Elie and his father are transported to at the end of chapter 3?

a)

Birkenau

b)

Blitzkreig

c)

Dachau

d)

Buna

28.
What is the best explanation to the following quote:
"Never shall I forget these flames which consumed my faith forever."
a)
The flames are burned into his brain, and seeing the flames and Nazi treatment of Jews caused him to lose his hope in humanity and his faith in God.
b)
He witnessed the Nazis burning down the synagogue he had attended as a child.
c)
He knew that the Nazis had burned the ghetto to the ground and he wouldn't forget it.
d)
He could never forget how the Nazis hate was  like a big burning fire that never went out.
29.
How had Elie changed in a short time?
a)
He was no longer a child inside; he felt numb.
b)
He felt wise beyond his years.
c)
He felt like he was very old.
d)
He felt like child throwing a tantrum.
30.
What was the first horrifying sight that Elie at first disbelieved?
a)
He saw children being thrown into the flames
b)
He saw a Nazi officer shoot a dog.
c)
He saw his sister and mother beaten.
d)
He saw the Nazis were forcibly shaving Jewish heads.
31.

What does Elie say his profession is when Dr. Mengele asks him?

a)

a factory worker

b)

a machinist

c)

a student

d)

a farmer

32.

Which two people does Elie say he never sees again?

a)

Tzipora and his mother

b)

Tzipora and his older sister

c)

his older sister and his father

d)

his mother and his older sister

33.

What did Elie's father want to do?

a)

Rest in the snow and die

b)

Live on with Elie

c)

Steal his bunkmates food as revenge

d)

Go see the doctors because he is sick

34.

What is wrong with Elie's father?

a)

Typhus

b)

The Plague

c)

Influenza

d)

Dysentery

35.

Why didn't Wiesel's father eat the soup?

a)

The SS officers didn't feed the sick

b)

One of the other men slapped Wiesel's father and took his soup from him

c)

Wiesel's father tripped and spilled the soup

d)

Wiesel's father died before he had a chance to eat the soup

36.

What did Wiesel see in the mirror?

a)

Himself as a young boy

b)

His father's eyes

c)

A corpse

d)

All the dead of Buchenwald

37.

The liberated prisoners want revenge.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

What does Elie realize his father has "become like" when they arrive at Buchenwald?

a)

An SS officer

b)

A liar

c)

A child

d)

A fool

39.

Why does Elie feel ashamed when he woke up the day after the alert?

a)

He didn't want to find his father

b)

He ate too much food

c)

He didn't have any clothes

d)

His bunk mate had died

40.

Why can't Elie cry after he wakes and find that his father has been taken to the crematory?

a)

There were people watching him.

b)

He was dehydrated.

c)

He was secretly happy to be free of his father.

d)

The officers would beat him.

41.

Based on the outcome of "Night" what inference can we make about Elie?

a)

He is angry and vengeful.

b)

He is strong and determined.

c)

He is weak and insolent.

d)

He is gentle and unchanged.

42.
With whom does Elie claim he is arguing when his father wants to sleep in the snow?
a)
his father
b)
himself
c)
fear
d)
death
43.
Why was Elie’s father being beaten?
a)
He had stolen another man's bread for his son.
b)
He did not get up fast enough from bed for roll call.
c)
He was not strong enough to go outside to go to the bathroom.
d)
He got into an argument with one of the Kapos.
44.
Which of the following was NOT a way that Elie cared for his father?
a)
Elie forced his father to not sleep in the snow.
b)
Elie stayed by his father's side in the barrack until he fell asleep.
c)
Elie did everything he could to provide his father with hope.
d)
Elie brought his father coffee and soup.
45.
What advice was given to Elie by the head of the block? 
a)
He was told that it's every man for himself and to stop bringing his father food.
b)
He was told that he needs to stop lagging behind on his duties in order to take care of his father.
c)
He was told that he needs to start doing more work outside to make himself look better to the SS.
d)
He was told that he should not make himself so noticeable.
46.
What was/were Elie's father's last word(s) to his son?
a)
"Free at last."
b)
"Eliezer."
c)
"Water."
d)
"I'm burning up."
47.
Deep inside, what emotion did Elie feel upon his father's death?
a)
despair
b)
relief
c)
joy
d)
horror
48.

What happened to father when he got off the train in Buchenwald?

a)

He gave Elie his rations.

b)

He gave up and said he was ready to die.

c)

He refused to take a shower.

49.

Elie does all the following when his father was dying EXCEPT

a)

Share his rations.

b)

Tried to get a doctor to help him.

c)

Beat up other prisoners to protect him.

50.

All are true about Elie after his father dies EXCEPT . . .

a)

He feels free.

b)

He moves to the children's block.

c)

He warns the other children that Nazis are going to shoot them.

d)

He is liberated by Americans.

51.

When the Americans freed the camp, what was the most important and immediate concern for the prisoners?

a)

Food/water.

b)

Leaving the country forever.

c)

Finding their families.

d)

Charging the Nazis with war crimes.

52.

What excuse did Elie Wiesel use to delay the dentist from taking his gold crown? ( The FIRST time he asked him)

a)

He was tired

b)

He had a fever

c)

He need to ask his father

d)

He had a toothache

53.

How long did the boy "linger between life and death" until dying?

a)

A hour

b)

1 minute

c)

Half an hour

d)

5 minutes

54.

Who is the Kapo the beats up Elie?

a)

Idek

b)

Franek

c)

Elie

d)

SS officer

55.

During the bombing, what did one inmate try to do that caused him his life?

a)

Escape

b)

Sleep

c)

Attempted to steal soup

d)

Talked to the officers in a disrespectful way

56.

Why do the inmates make fun of Elie?

a)

Because he tries to dance but fails

b)

He tries to teach his dad how to march

c)

He gets pranked

57.

What happens to the dentist who was supposed to remove Elie's teeth?

a)

He travels all around the world.

b)

He finds his true passion.

c)

He gets caught of stealing gold that was supposed to be given to the leaders of the camp.

d)

He shows Elie a way to escape the camp.

58.

Who consoles Elie after Idek beats him?

a)

The two brothers

b)

A stranger in camp

c)

One of the Kapo

d)

The French girl

59.

What type of work did Elie and his father do in the warehouse?

a)

Culinary Arts

b)

Medical Study

c)

Fixing and counting eletric bolts etc.

d)

Fine arts

60.

What was the name of the camp that Elie and his father arrived at during the beginning of chapter 4?

a)

Auschwitz

b)

Buchenwald

c)

Tribeblinka

d)

Buna

61.

Who is known for their "fits of rage?

a)

Juliek

b)

Idek

c)

Yossi and Tibbi

d)

Franek

62.

What did Franek give Elie for his gold crown?

a)

A piece of bread

b)

A shank

c)

Energy pills

d)

Nothing

63.

What did Elie say the soup tasted like after he pipel's hanging?

a)

Chicken noodles

b)

Human feces

c)

Corpses

d)

None of the above

64.

What was different about the hanging of the pipel?

a)

The pipel cried and begged for mercy.

b)

The Kapo said Kaddish for the Pipel for executing him.

c)

The inmates were all forced to spit on the pipel's lifeless body.

d)

It took 30 minutes for the pipel to die

65.

Why did Elie get beat up by the Kapo?

a)

he witnessed something he wasn't suppose to

b)

he misbehaved

c)

he didn't want to give up his shoes

66.

What makes the hanging of the pipel different from the other hangings the prisoners have witnessed?

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

He stayes alive for about 30 minutes lingering between life and death.

b)

Inmates would not help like they did with the other hangings.

c)

He was liked by everyone, and his death was not immediate.

d)

All the prisoners cried.

67.

When Stein was given the real news of his family, what can the reader infer happened to him?

a)

Stein lost the will to survive and ended his life.

b)

Stein liberated immediately.

c)

Stein got angry and fought back against the SS officers.

d)

Stein sank into depression and stopped eating.

e)

Stein started a riot that resulted in the SS guards killing him.

68.

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

The French girl:

a)

passes as Aryan

b)

Comforted Elie

c)

Jewish

d)

Devoted Catholic

e)

Spoke German

69.

During the pipel's hanging, a prisoner questioned where God had gone. Elie believes...

a)

His personal faith is dead.

b)

People start to doubt God's presence in the camp.

c)

God never existed.

d)

God is no longer in the camp.

70.

True or False: Elie and the other prisoners cried during the pipel's hanging because they were in disbelief.

a)

False / they wept because he was just an innocent child who suffered for 30 minutes

b)

True / disbelief was all they felt

71.

Choose all that apply: The purpose of the medical examinations was to:

a)

ensure the prisoners were in good health

b)

check for gold crowns

c)

check for infectious diseases

d)

ensure prisoners could perform hard labor in the camps

72.

What is hyerbole?

a)

extreme exaggeration

b)

reference to something famous or historical that the author does not explain

c)

comparison between two things without using like or as

d)

descriptive language meant to bring the text to life and create mental images

73.

Which is hyperbole?

Select all that apply.

a)

extreme exaggeration

b)

reference to something famous or historical that the author does not explain

c)

comparison between two things without using like or as

d)

Jackson walked a million miles to get to his love interest before the clock struck midnight.

74.

Holocaust is derived from the Hebrew word Shoah meaning:

a)

Chaos

b)

Horror

c)

Disaster

d)

Miracle

75.

What are not euphemisms for the following?

the movement of Jews out of their homes into ghettos and concentration camps

Check all that apply.

a)

Final Solution

b)

liquidation

c)

resettlement

d)

selection

76.

After WWII, many Holocaust survivors found it difficult to express the horror they witnessed. Why do you think it was hard to find words to convey the unimaginable?

a)

Many felt there were no words to represent their complex emotions.

b)

If they spoke out, they would be harmed or become an outcast.

c)

After liberation, prisoners agreed to stay silent in order to leave camps.

d)

How does one even begin to say the unspeakable?

77.

What point of view is the memoir Night written from?

a)

First-person

b)

Second-person

c)

Third-person limited

d)

Third-person omniscient

78.

What mood is being created is found throughout the majority of the novel, Night?

a)

Optimistic

b)

Peaceful

c)

Sadness

d)

Dreamy

79.

Which of the following conflicts do Elie and his father battle while in the concentration camp? Select all that apply.

a)

Man vs. Man

b)

Man vs. Self

c)

Man vs. Nature

d)

Man vs. Society

e)

Man vs. Religion/God

80.

In Chapter 3, which of the following events happens first?

a)

Elie witnesses babies being burned in pits of fire

b)

SS guards separated men to the left and women to the right

c)

Elie lies about his age and occupation

d)

SS guard shoots down an old man

81.

What is the following an example of:

We got a new Einstein in school today.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Symbol

c)

Allusion

d)

Irony

82.

In Chapter 3, what phrase did Elie repeat when he recalls the horrors of the first night at camp?

a)

"Where is God?"

b)

"Why is this happening?"

c)

"Never shall I forget."

83.

During the hanging of the young pipel, why did Elie and other prisoners cry?

a)

All hangings were devastating to the prisoners

b)

They were in disbelief that the guards would murder someone

c)

The pipel was too light, so he suffered while dying.

84.

Elie felt ashamed the morning after the air raid because...

a)

His friend died

b)

He stole food from another iname

c)

He thought about how life would be if he didn't find his father

85.

What does Elie mean when he says, “free at last…

a)

He feels free from the burden of caring for someone else.

b)

He was released from Buna.

c)

The war has ended.

d)

He found his sister and Mom.

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