"Night" Book Review

Question 1

________- spiritual director; foreign Jew; Elie’s friend

Answer 1

Moishe the Beadle

Question 2

______- Elie’s sister

Answer 2

Tzipora

Question 3

_________- Elie’s relative whom he lied to

Answer 3

Stein of Antwerp

Question 4

____- played violin in the Buna orchestra

Answer 4

Juliek

Question 5

_______- Elie’s father

Answer 5

Mr. Weisel

Question 6

_______- tried to get the family to come live with her

Answer 6

Maria (former maid)

Question 7

_______- his son left him

Answer 7

Rabbi Eliahu

Question 8

_____- the lady seeing visions and kept yelling “FIRE” on the train

Answer 8

Madam Schacter

Question 9

______- In charge of selections

Answer 9

Dr. Mengele

Question 10

Where was Elie from?

Answer 10

Sighet, Transylvania

Question 11

Describe Elie’s family?

Answer 11

He’s the only boy, his mom and younger sister dies after going to the camp, his 2 oldest sisters survived the camp

Question 12

Describe Elie’s dad?

Answer 12

His dad was a leader in the town, he was reserved

Question 13

When was the last time Elie saw his mom and sister?

Answer 13

When the first arrived at Auschwitz before they got sorted

Question 14

____ were little towns of Jews surrounded by barbed wire, where they felt safe

Answer 14

ghettos

Question 15

How did Elie’s faith change throughout the book?

Answer 15

In the beginning he had a strong faith, then he started to question and rebel against God, at the end he got his faith back

Question 16

What did Moishe the Beadle experience at the beginning of the book?

Answer 16

The Nazis killed everyone they took, they threw up babies and shot them, they thought that Moishe was dead bu he survived.

Question 17

What did people think of Moishe when he had told the townspeople what happened?

Answer 17

They thought he was crazy

Question 18

What items did the Nazis take from the Jews?

Answer 18

valuables

Question 19

What words were enscribed on the entrance to Auschwitz?

Answer 19

“Work will set you free” (maybe essay response question)

Question 20

Why did Elie go to the infirmary?

Answer 20

His right foot swelled from the cold

Question 21

What did Elie experience during his first night at camp and how did it make him feel?

Question 22

How did the selection work?

Answer 22

They would see you run and then they would/wouldn’t write down your name and then tell you where to go

Question 23

What was Elie’s “inheritance”?

Answer 23

A spoon and knife (that was all his father had)

Question 24

What is the literal significance of “fire” in this book?

Answer 24

The crematorium burned the bodies

Question 25

What is the figurative significance of “fire”?

Answer 25

It consumed his soul and faith

Question 26

What was Elie’s experiences after leaving camp, while running, because the Front was getting close?

Answer 26

If people fell and could not maintain the running pace they would be trampled or shot. Elie felt really close to death.

Question 27

How did Elie feel after his father died?

Answer 27

He felt relief and “Free at last” then he felt guilty for feeling relieved.

Question 28

What did the men do after they were free?

Answer 28

They looked for food

Question 29

____ the way the words make the reader feel when reading

Answer 29

Mood

Question 30

____the author’s attitude in a text

Answer 30

Tone

Question 31

What is the author’s purpose in this book?

Answer 31

To make sure people don’t forget what horrid things happened during the Holocaust