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Night (Pg. 3-45)
Night Test
Question | Answer |
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Who is the author of Night? | Elie Wiesel |
Where is Elie from? | Sighet, Hungary |
How many brothers and sisters did Elie have? | 3 sisters |
What is the Kaddish? | Jewish prayer for the dead. |
Who were the Kapos? | Jews chosen to lead the other Jewish prisoners. |
What was the ghetto? | Blocked off portions of Sighet where Jews were forced to live. |
Give an example of foreshadowing from the book. | Madame Schocter's screams of fire while in the boxcar. |
Give an example of a metaphor from the book. | |
What is Kabbala | Jewish mysticism |
What is irony? | Expecting something and the opposite occurs. |
Give an example of irony from the book. | When arriving at Auschwitz, Elie's father says that Elie should have gone with his mother, but if he had, he would have died. |
Who is Moishe the Beadle? | Teaches Elie the Kabbala and survived a mass shooting and came back to warn the Jews in Sighet , but no one listened. |
Who is Madame Schocter? | Woman who screams about seeing fire on the train on their way to Auschwitz. |
How many people were there in the boxcar? | 80 |
When was Elie deported to Birkenau? | Spring 1944 |
What time period does the book cover? | 1941-1944 |
What is Birkenau? | The arrival spot at Auchwitz Death Camp, with gas chambers and crematorium. |
What happen's to Elie's mother and sister at Birkenau? | Sent to the gas chambers. |
Who is Stein? | Relative of Elie's who wants news of his family in hiding. Elie lied to him by saying his family is well. |
What is Buna? | Work camp part of Auschwitz. |