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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. At the beginning of Chapter 7, in the early dawn light how much of a difference was there between the living and the dead?
2. In particular, what part of the occurrence that Wiesel witnessed later in life reminiscent of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners caused his reaction?
3. At the beginning of Chapter 8, how many groups were the prisoners made to form?
4. How dark or light was the night at the beginning of Chapter 6?
5. What did Elie struggle to do when he found himself in the deserted village?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 6, how far did the prisoners run and what condition were they in when they finished?
2. How did the prisoners celebrate Rosh Hashanah in Chapter 5?
3. Why could Rabbi Eliahu not find his son?
4. In Chapter 6, what happened to Juliek?
5. How were the prisoners crushed into the barracks when they arrived at Gleiwitz in Chapter 6?
6. Who was Akiba Drumer and what happened to him in Chapter 5?
7. How did Wiesel feel about Rosh Hashanah in the past?
8. In Chapter 5, what was it like when winter came?
9. Why did Wiesel have to go to the infirmary in Chapter 5?
10. In Chapter 5, how did veterans of Buna describe the camp as it was two years ago?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Prior to deportation, laws were put into place to control the Jews. What were the first laws that were enacted? How did these laws limit personal freedoms for the Jews? How did these laws condition the Jews to accept deportation? How did the laws accustom the Jews to obedience? Did the Jews tendency to follow the rules manifest itself in how they reacted when they were tortured in the concentration camps?
Essay Topic 2
Elie is the author and also the main character in Night. How would the story change if it was told from a different point of view? Choose another point of view from another individual or an outside narrator. What would the reader learn from this narrator that is different from Elie as the narrator? Why?
Essay Topic 3
At the beginning of Chapter 3, Wiesel was a fun loving, curious, and kind teenager, who became a survivor. Would Wiesel have been considered a compassionate person before the concentration camp? What events took place that caused Wiesel to lose his love of fun and his kindness? What did Wiesel see as he and his father adjusted to life in the concentration camp? In what ways did Wiesel become dispassionate? How was Wiesel transformed from a carefree teenager to a survivor who stumbled through his new life?
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