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English night final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fire and flames symbolize | death |
| suddenly the sirens began to scream | personification |
| she looked like a withered tree in a field of wheat | simile |
| as for my mother she was walking, her face a mask, without word, deep in thought | metaphor |
| from which pov is night written | 1st |
| what was the last word elies father said | eliezer |
| deep down when elies father dies he feels | relief |
| What is Elie's "inheritance" from his father? | a spoon and a knife |
| Why does Juliek play a fragment of a Beethoven concerto as he is crushed to death? | to put everyone to sleep,give elie and his father hope, as a last act of defiance and statement of his identity |
| What instrument does Juliek play? | violin |
| In the concentration camp hospital, Elie's neighbor says he's lost faith in everything except | hitler- hes the only one who keeps his promises |
| Wiesel saw German workmen laugh as prisoners fought to death over | a crust of bread |
| In January 1945, what sort of infection does Elie contract? | foot |
| After Akiba Drumer's death, what do Eliezer and the other prisoners do? | forget to say the prayer for the dead |
| What is the Kaddish? | a jewish prayer for the dead |
| Whose death symbolizes the loss of Elie's faith? | the pipel |
| Why is the hanging of the pipel so emotional for the prisoners? | the pipel is very young and angelic looking |
| How do the SS guards execute prisoners who have committed crimes? | hanging |
| What does Eliezer later find out about the French girl at Buna? | she was a jew passing as aryan |
| When a factory foreman beats Elie, who is he comforted by? | a french girl |
| Elie gets 25 lashes for | catching Idek with a polish girl |
| Upon arrival at the concentration camp, each prisoner was subjected to the process known as | selection |
| What is A-7713? | the prisoner number tattooed on elies arm |
| With what instrument is Elie's gold crown removed? | a rusty spoon |
| What item did the SS extract from the Jews at the camp? | gold teeth |
| What is the slogan that appears on the entry gate to Auschwitz? | work makes you free |
| what do Eliezer's meals mostly consist of? | bread and soup |
| from whom is Eliezer separated at Birkenau? | his mother and sisters |
| What event initially caused Madame Schachter to lose her mind? | she was separated from her husband and two sons |
| What do several men on the train do when they are unable to endure Mrs. Schachter's screaming? | beat her senseless |
| On the train from Sighet, of what does Madame Schachter have visions? | a furnace |
| After being evacuated from their original homes, where are the Jews of Sighet first sent? | to a ghetto within sighet |
| Hitler's goal for the Jews was to | completely wipe them out of europe |
| Jews were moved into small areas of towns and forced to live in | ghettos |
| upon his return to the village, what does Moshe the Beadle try to do? | warn the villagers about the nazi threat |
| Who helped Elie with his studies? | moshe the beadle |
| What did Elie Wiesel want to study early in the book? | cabbala |
| What is the name of Eliezer's younger sister? | tzipora |
| What town do Eliezer and his family come from? | sighet |