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Night Test Review 2
Characters of Night
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Elie Wiesel | Narrator of the memoir |
| Dr. Josef Mengele | Man who decided which people would work and which would die |
| Zalman | Was trampled to death in the death march to Gleiwitz |
| Shlomo | Elie's father; a well respected man of his community that gradually becomes weaker and weaker throughout the story |
| Juliek | Played the violin as a tribute to other dying Jews before he died |
| Madame Schachter | Loses her mind as she envisions fire |
| Moishe the Beadle | Tries to warn the Jews of Sighet about the impending danger |
| Rabbi Eliahou | Does not realize that his son has abandoned him |
| Tzipora | Elie's youngest sister who dies in Auschwitz |
| Idek | Kapo who beats Elie and his father in Buna |
| Akiba the Drummer | Loses his faith and then his will to live as a result of his experiences in the concentration camp |
| Franek | The cruel foreman at Buna who beats Elie's father in order to get Elie's gold crown |
| Meir Katz | The strong man who prevents Elie from being strangled |