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Night Chapters 1-4 Practice Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who did Elie Wiesel get to help train him in the Kabbalah (Chapter 1)

a)

The Gestapo

b)

His Teacher

c)

Moshe the Beadle

d)

His grandfather

2.

What makes Elie different from most kids his age? (Chapter 1)

a)

He is kind to Jews

b)

He is deeply religious

c)

He worries about the war

d)

He is close to his father

3.

Which of the following was NOT a detail from the description of Moshe's stories from when he was deported to Galicia? (Chapter 1)

a)

He describes babies being used as target practice

b)

He describes people digging their own graves

c)

He describes his wife's death

d)

He describes faking his own death in order to escape

4.

During inspection at camp, the dentist was searching the prisoners for... (Chapter 4)

a)

cavities

b)

Silver caps

c)

Gold teeth

d)

Cash

5.

When Questioned by the SS officer, why did Elie lie about his age and occupation? (Chapter 3)

a)

He knew that being 18 would mean that he is adult

b)

He thought that if he said he was 18 he would be treated better

c)

He heard rumors that 18 was the best age to be in the eyes of the Nazi's

d)

An inmate told him to say he was 18

6.

What identification was used on the prisoners? (Chapter 3)

a)

Their last name on the back of their shirt

b)

A lanyard

c)

A nametag

d)

A tattoo

7.

What was the horrifying sight that Elie at first disbelieved? (Chapter 3)

a)

He saw children being thrown into the flames

b)

He saw the Nazi's forcibly shaving Jewish heads

c)

He saw a Nazi officer shoot a dog

d)

He saw his sister and mother beaten to death

8.

What did Elie say the soup tasted like at the camp? (Chapter 4)

a)

Ashes

b)

Chicken Noodles

c)

Dirt

d)

Corpses

9.

Immediately after the Jews were unloaded from the train in chapter 3, what did the German officers do?

a)

They lined them up in rows.

b)

They asked what city they were from.

c)

They separated the men, children and women.

d)

They asked their profession.

10.

One way an author has to effectively emphasize a point is through selective repetition of a word or phrase. What phrase does Elie employ to highlight the horror of his first night in a concentration camp? (Repetition)

a)

Never shall I forget...

b)

This is madness!

c)

How will I escape?

d)

I must make it out alive.

11.

How did some religious Jews (like Akiba Drumer) see their troubles? How did Elie feel about God?

a)

Every Jew lost faith including Akiba and Elie.

b)

As a test from God.

He stopped believing because if he was real, he would not let something so horrible happen.

c)

No Jew ever lost faith

d)

A test from God. He was still deeply religious.

12.

Franek, the foreman at Buna, greedily demands...

a)

Elie give him his ration of soup

b)

Elie give up his seat at work

c)

Elie give him his new shoes

d)

Elie give up his gold crown

13.

After the war, Elie discovers the French woman who helps him...

a)

Was really Jewish

b)

Was actually his sister

c)

Was really an SS officer

d)

Was actually Italian

14.

Elie gives up his gold crown to prevent what from happening?

a)

Idek from attacking him

b)

Franek from attacking his father

c)

Franek from punishing the French woman

d)

Idek from giving him further lashes

15.

An alert goes through the camp because of...

a)

An escaped prisoner

b)

An order from Hitler

c)

A hanging

d)

Allied planes bombing

16.
Which sentence could be a main idea of "Night"?
a)
The Nazis imprisoned many European Jews, making them do harsh work and labor.
b)
Elie is destroyed by the treatment he receives in the Holocaust.
c)
The Jews were brutally treated and killed in Europe during the Holocaust.
d)
Elie overcomes the struggles of being a prisoner in the Holocaust.
17.
The fires that Madame Schachter saw were meant to prepare the reader for...
a)
Eliezer's burning fever when he hurt his foot
b)
The bombing of Auschwitz by the Russians
c)
The burning of people at the concentration camp
d)
The terrible drought destroying the farmland
18.

What was the estimated number of Jews killed during the Holocaust?

a)

1 million

b)

3 million

c)

6 million

d)

9 million

19.
Which term means prejudice against or hatred of Jews?
a)
Semitism
b)
Anti-semitism
c)
ghetto 
d)
Holocaust
20.

Which phrase best defines the Holocaust?

a)

the United States plan to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps

b)

the Allied plan to liberate concentration camps in Eastern Europe

c)

the Nazi campaign to use genocide to eliminate European Jews

d)

the Japanese military strategy to destroy United States aircraft carriers