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Night Test Review
Question | Answer |
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What is the setting of Night? | The Holocaust/World War II |
What is the goal of the Nazis? | To get rid of the Jews completely |
How do Elie's religious view change? | In the beginning he was very religious, as the book goes on, he questions God |
What town was Elie from? | Sighet |
Who was Elie's teacher of the Cabbala? | Moishe the Beadle |
Why was Moishe the Beadle deported? | Because he was a foreign Jew |
What happened to Moishe when he was taken away? | He saw Jews digging their own graves, babies being thrown in the air as targets, was shot & pretends to be dead. He escapes |
What does Moishe do when he returns to Sighet? | He warns the Jews about the terrible things he saw, but no one believes him |
How did the Nazis first treat the Jews when they arrived in Sighet? | At first they were friendly, kind, and played with the kids |
Where did the Nazis eventually force the Jews to live? | In ghettos |
What were the conditions like in the ghettos? | terrible, not enough space |
What rules did the Nazis give to the Jews? | curfews, yellow stars, couldn't go certain places |
How were the Jews transported to each concentration camp? | cattle cars |
What happened with Madame Schachter on the train? | She hallucinated, thought she saw fire, screams about fire, the other Jews beat her up because of the noise she is making |
What is the name of the first camp that Elie arrives? | Birkenau |
What happens to Elie's family when they first arrive at the camp? | they are split up |
What ages do Elie and his father say they are? | Elie says he is 18, his dad says he is 40 |
What were the conditions like in the concentration camps? | terrible, forced to work, starving |
What do Elie and Stein talk about? | Stein asks Elie if he has seen his family, Elie lies and says yes, he did this so Stein would keep his hope |
What happens after the factory foreman beats Elie? | A French girl comforts him |
What kept Elie from giving up hope? | Keeping himself and his father alive |
What happens when Elie's father is beaten by Idek? | Elie is mad at his father for not staying out of Idek's way |
What happened when Elie would not give Franek his gold crown? | Franek beat Elie's father |
How was Elie's crown removed? | With a rusty spoon |
When Elie's father thinks he is going to die, what gift does he give Elie? | a spoon and knife |
Were people hanged at the camps? | yes |
Why were people hanged at the camps? | for illegal actions/crimes |
How did Elie feel after he looked at each of the people after each hanging? | 1st time-didn't say much, soup tasted better than ever 2nd time-felt upset, soup tasted like corpses |
Where was Elie placed when he first arrived at Buna? | music unit |
What happened to Elie's foot? | it swells and he has to have an operation |
Describe the conversation Elie has with another prisoner in the hospital. | Talks about how he has lost faith in everything but Hitler because Hitler has kept his word |
What do Elie and his father discuss when word of the evacuation starts to spread? | They discuss whether they should stay in the hospital or leave with the evacuation. They worried that if they stayed they would be killed |
What ended up happening to the patients that stayed in the hospital? | They were freed |
During the march, what would happen if people stopped running or could not keep up? | would be shot if they couldn't keep up |
What happened with Rabbi Eliahou and his son during the march? | his son abandoned him |
How did Elie feel about what the Rabbi's son did to him? | Elie vowed never to do this to his own father |
How does Elie's father feel during the march? | exhausted, he wants to sleep |
Does Elie let his father sleep? | Elie does not let his father sleep because he knows that if he sleeps, he will die |
During the transfer to Buchenwald, what happens between the man and his son? | Son kills his father for a crumb of bread |
What happens to Elie during the transfer to Buchenwald? | Elie is being strangled, Meir Katz saves him |
What happens to Meir Katz? | He dies on the train |
What happens to Elie's father at Buchenwald? | He gets dysentery, wants water, but water will only make his condition worse |
When does Elie's father die? | Before liberation |
What is Elie's reaction to his father's death? | He felt relief, wanted food |
How do the prisoners react when they are first freed? | they want to eat |
What happens to Elie when he is freed | he becomes sick, when he finally looks in the mirror, he sees a corpse staring back at him |