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Night-Preface/Foreword/Chapter 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a preface?

a)

an introductory passage written by the author that explains the book's purpose

b)

an introductory passage written by another person

c)

a passage written by the author that tells readers why they should read the book

d)

a passage written by someone other than than the author that tells readers why to read the book

2.

What is a foreword?

a)

an introductory passage written by the author

b)

an introductory passage written by another person

c)

a passage written by the author that tells readers why they should read the book

d)

a passage written by someone other than than the author that tells readers why to read the book

3.

In the preface, Elie questions (a)   he wrote the book.

4.

Who was the journalist from Tel Aviv that François Mauriac mentions in his foreword?

a)

Moishe

b)

Elie

c)

Elie's father

d)

Mauriac's uncle

5.
Who is the first character introduced in Night?
a)
Elie's mother
b)

Moishe the Beadle

c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Elie Wiesel
6.
In what year does Elie's story begin?
a)
1841
b)
1941
c)
1943
d)
1944
7.

Why is Moishe the Beadle deported?

a)

He is a foreign Jew.

b)

He is wanted for a crime he committed.

c)

He is disabled.

d)

He didn't take care of the synagogue.

8.
Who tries to warn the Jews of Sighet that they are in danger of being deported? 
a)
Elie's mother
b)
Elie
c)
Elie's father
d)

Moishe the Beadle

9.

Which of the following character traits does NOT apply to Elie Wiesel in Chapter 1 of Night?

a)

Deeply religious and devoted to studying the Talmud

b)

Curious and eager to learn about Jewish mysticism (the Kabbalah)

c)

Skeptical about God and unwilling to pray

d)

Respectful and obedient toward his parents

10.

After finding out that every Jew had to wear the yellow star, who says this ironic statement? "The yellow star? So what? It's not lethal..." (Wiesel 11).

a)

Elie's father

b)

Elie

c)

Moishe

d)

Hungarian officer

11.

What unsettling news does Elie's father receive at the late-night council meeting?

a)

The Jews of Sighet would be killed immediately.

b)

The Jews of Sighet would be deported to a concentration camp.

c)

The Jews of Sighet would be deported to America.

d)

The Jews of Sighet will be deported in the morning to an unknown destination.

12.
Where were Elie and his family sent before being deported?
a)
The synogague
b)
A smaller ghetto
c)
To the basement of a neighbor's house
d)

Moishe's home

13.

Toward the end of Chapter 1, Elie sees his father, an "unemotional man," do what for the first time?

(a)  

14.

Which of the following is NOT one of the opportunities that the Wiesel's had to escape?

a)

Moishe's warning

b)

emigration certificates

c)

the Hungarian police officer's knock on the window

d)

the Chief Rabbi's secret letter

15.

At the end of Chapter 1, how many people are in each cattle car?

a)

50

b)

80

c)

150

d)

180

16.

What does the Y stand for in the acronym, FANBOYS?

(a)  

17.

Elie Wiesel’s Night reveals the devastating loss of faith experienced by many during the Holocaust, ___ it also shows moments of enduring human compassion.

a)

for

b)

nor

c)

but

d)

so

18.

Guess the Tone Vocab. #3 word: 7 letters, synonym is wicked, third letter is A

(a)  

19.

Candid is to honest as patronizing is to ___

a)

pretentious

b)

condescending

c)

droll

d)

apathetic

20.

Based on yesterday's notes, which of the following coordinating conjunctions show cause an effect?

a)

and

b)

for

c)

yet

d)

so