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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. Where did a veteran of Buchenwald tell Wiesel that they would be sent at the beginning of Chapter 8?

2. What happened to Zalman in Chapter 6 when he collapsed with a stomachache?

3. What does the author show about pain and suffering, particularly in Chapter 8?

4. What is one way that Wiesel addressed God at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What time did the bell ring at the end of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the general attitude of the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. Who was Meir Katz and what happened to him?

3. Why did Wiesel have to go to the infirmary in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 6, what happened to Juliek?

5. How did Wiesel feel when he heard blessings to God by the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 5?

6. Where did the prisoners take shelter in Chapter 6?

7. In Chapter 6, how far did the prisoners run and what condition were they in when they finished?

8. What was selection?

9. What advice did the Blockalteste give Wiesel regarding his father in Chapter 8?

10. In Chapter 5, what was it like when winter came?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the German Army advanced toward Sighet, the people were not very concerned. What two warnings did they receive about the Germans? Why were the townspeople complacent about the arrival of the army? Did events ever cause them to lose their complacency? If so, how or why?

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

Wiesel struggled with his relationship with his father throughout the book. How did Wiesel treat his father when they were first imprisoned? Why did Wiesel sometimes want to abandon his father? Why was Wiesel conflicted about how to treat his father? How did Wiesel's relationship with his father change throughout Night?

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