Worksheets"Night" by Elie Weisel
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What town do Elie and his family come from?
a)
Budapest
b)
Sighet
c)
Gleiwitz
d)
Warsaw
2.
Upon his return to Sighet, what does Moshe the Beadle attempt to do?
a)
warn the Jews about what will happen
b)
teach Kabbalah to the young happen to them
c)
create a resistance movement
d)
find his faith in Elie
3.
On what day are Elie and his family deported from the ghetto?
a)
Christmas Day
b)
Yom Kippur
c)
on the seventh day of Passover
d)
on the Sabbath
4.
On the train to Auschwitz, what does Madam Schächter have visions of?
a)
burning pits of fire
b)
the death head of Auschwitz
c)
the Angel of Death
d)
God
5.
With what instrument is Elie’s gold crown removed?
a)
a rusty spoon
b)
a rusty fork
c)
a scalpel
d)
Franek’s bare hands
6.
Which of the following was stated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to describe father's death?
a)
"Free at Last"
b)
"A Moment like This"
c)
"Never"
d)
"It was a Dream"
7.
How old was Elie when his dad died?
a)
16
b)
14
c)
15
d)
13
8.
Why does Akiba Drumer decide to die?
a)
he has lost his faith in God
b)
he is too old and lonely
c)
he is sick anyway
d)
Franek’s bare hands
9.
Why does Elie end up having to have an operation?
a)
his foot swells
b)
his arm swells
c)
his tooth is infected
d)
he is in pain from his appendix
10.
What does Elie pray to God that he will never do?
a)
abandon his father
b)
die in the concentration camps
c)
stop praying
d)
rise up and seek vengeance
11.
After they arrive at Gleiwitz, what does Elie hear in the middle of the night?
a)
Juliek playing his violin
b)
screaming of children
c)
moans of the injured
d)
whispers from the dead in his dreams
12.
Why is the hanging of the pipel so emotional for the prisoners?
a)
he was so young and it took so long it was painful
b)
the prisoners have already
c)
the pipel is so young and angelic
d)
they know there would be no looking soup that day
13.
What is Elie’s “inheritance” from his father?
a)
a spoon and knife
b)
a bag of gold
c)
a rusty can and knife
d)
his jacket
14.
What stares back at Elie at the end of the novel?
a)
a corpse
b)
a vision of his mother and father
c)
the American liberators
d)
the SS soldiers
15.
What is the slogan for Auschwitz?
a)
“Live Free or Die”
b)
“Work is Liberty”
c)
“Live for Germany”
d)
“Live Long and Prosper”
16.
Why don’t Elie’s new shoes get taken away at Buna?
a)
they are covered in mud
b)
he barters his gold crown
c)
they are ugly
d)
they are not needed
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