NIGHT Unit Test, Honors

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Choose the correct name below for each question. Some choices will be used more than once.

Stavka koja se može prevući		Odgovarajuća stavka
is the only one from their family to survive the Holocaust		Elie Wiesel
is a kapo		Sighet
performs two selections, one at Buna and another at Birkenau		Madame Schâchter
gave spoon and knife to son as his inheritance		Elie Wiesel
A-7713		Madame Schâchter
town where the memior begins		Mr. Wiesel
author of the memior		Sighet
had three sisters		Elie Wiesel
refuses to immigrate to Palestine		Idek
dies due to dysentary and a beating by an SS officer		Elie Wiesel
husband and two sons were deported before she was		Idek
may have still been alive when carried to the crematorium		Mr. Wiesel
thinks there is a fire before anyone actually sees one		Elie Wiesel
looks in mirror and sees a "corpse" looking back		Dr. Mengele
revolts against God and refuses to bless His name		Mr. Wiesel
performed medical experiments on Jews during the Holocaust		Rabbi Eliahou
searches for his son at a "rest stop" during the death march from Buna		Moshe the Beadle
all forgien Jews were the first to be expelled from this town		Elie Wiesel
warns Jews of Sighet about the Gestapo massacring their race		Mr. Wiesel
has periodic fits of madness and beats Elie and his father

2.35

On what day is Elie’s family deported from Sighet?

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year

The Sabbath, the day of rest

The first day of Passover, the commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement

2.35

At Auschwitz, what does Elie do to Stein?

Spies on him lying with a girl and giggles

Lies to Stein about his family to save his life

Lies to him about his family, because Elie is too scared to tell Stein the truth

Gives his gold crown to Stein to save his father from being beaten

2.35

In the concentration camp hospital, Elie’s neighbor remarks that he has lost his faith in everything except ...?

Hitler, because he is the only one that keeps his promises.

Death, because it is the only thing that all men will eventually succumb to.

God, because he is always there for man when man needs him the most.

God, because he is the only one that keeps his vows.

2.35

When Madame Schâchter sees the furnace, this is an instance of what literary device?

symbol

foreshadowing

motif

theme

2.35

Why do the Sighet Jews not believe Moshe the Beadle and think he has lost his mind when he warns them?

They want to believe in the goodness of humanity.

They have not been exposed to the rumors and news about the camps.

All of the above.

They do not trust a lowly beggar.

2.35

What is the fate of the Jews if someone in their railway boxcar tries to escape as they go to Auschwitz?

they will be shot

they will have to walk to destination instead of riding in the railway boxcar

entire group will be sent to crematorium automatically

they will be buried in a mass grave

2.35

What invokes Elie to ponder the following: “Was there a single place here where you were not in danger of death?”

seeing the truckload of babies being tossed into a fiery pit.

a mocking placard warning the prisoners not to touch the electric fence.

the excruciating scene of the young pipel’s death by hanging

the dash past Dr. Mengele’s life-or-death assessing eyes

2.35

At Auschwitz, a smiling, compassionate young Polish prisoner-overseer alleviates their terror with the first humane words Elie has heard in a long time. What does he say?

“Hello”

“Shalom”

“You are safe now.”

“Good Night”

2.35

According to Elie, who forsakes the prisoners?

the prisoners forsake one another

death

their fellow countrymen

God

2.35

Why does Juliek play a fragment of a Beethoven concerto as he is crushed to death?

All the above

To put everyone to sleep

To give Elie and his father hope

As a last act of defiance and statement of his identity

2.35

“Not to feel anything, neither weariness, nor cold, nor anything.” What is Elie describing?

Childhood

Death

Sleep

Heaven

2.35

In his last breath, Chlomo Wiesel said what in Hebrew, which means “God help you”?

"Yitgadal veyitkadach shme raba”

Haifa

Eliezer

Kaddish

2.35

What is A-7713?

An identificaiton number from Auschwitz

Elie's home address in Sighet

The tattoo on Elie's left arm

The letter and number of prisoners who would be selected by Dr. Mengele

10

Answer the following question in no less than 3 complete sentences.
Explain what is ironic about the following: “My father did not consider it so grim … ‘The yellow star? Oh, well what of it? You don’t die of it…”

10

Answer the following question in no less than 3 complete sentences.
In what way is the hanging of the young pipel symbolic of the Jewish race? (HINT: Think about what Elie says at the hanging)

NIGHT Unit Test, Honors

Choose the correct name below for each question. Some choices will be used more than once.

On what day is Elie’s family deported from Sighet?

At Auschwitz, what does Elie do to Stein?

In the concentration camp hospital, Elie’s neighbor remarks that he has lost his faith in everything except ...?

When Madame Schâchter sees the furnace, this is an instance of what literary device?

Why do the Sighet Jews not believe Moshe the Beadle and think he has lost his mind when he warns them?

What is the fate of the Jews if someone in their railway boxcar tries to escape as they go to Auschwitz?

What invokes Elie to ponder the following: “Was there a single place here where you were not in danger of death?”

At Auschwitz, a smiling, compassionate young Polish prisoner-overseer alleviates their terror with the first humane words Elie has heard in a long time. What does he say?

According to Elie, who forsakes the prisoners?

Why does Juliek play a fragment of a Beethoven concerto as he is crushed to death?

“Not to feel anything, neither weariness, nor cold, nor anything.” What is Elie describing?

In his last breath, Chlomo Wiesel said what in Hebrew, which means “God help you”?

What is A-7713?

Answer the following question in no less than 3 complete sentences.Explain what is ironic about the following: “My father did not consider it so grim … ‘The yellow star? Oh, well what of it? You don’t die of it…”

Answer the following question in no less than 3 complete sentences.In what way is the hanging of the young pipel symbolic of the Jewish race? (HINT: Think about what Elie says at the hanging)

Choose the correct name below for each question. Some choices will be used more than once.

On what day is Elie’s family deported from Sighet?

At Auschwitz, what does Elie do to Stein?

In the concentration camp hospital, Elie’s neighbor remarks that he has lost his faith in everything except ...?

When Madame Schâchter sees the furnace, this is an instance of what literary device?

Why do the Sighet Jews not believe Moshe the Beadle and think he has lost his mind when he warns them?

What is the fate of the Jews if someone in their railway boxcar tries to escape as they go to Auschwitz?

What invokes Elie to ponder the following: “Was there a single place here where you were not in danger of death?”

At Auschwitz, a smiling, compassionate young Polish prisoner-overseer alleviates their terror with the first humane words Elie has heard in a long time. What does he say?

According to Elie, who forsakes the prisoners?

Why does Juliek play a fragment of a Beethoven concerto as he is crushed to death?

“Not to feel anything, neither weariness, nor cold, nor anything.” What is Elie describing?

In his last breath, Chlomo Wiesel said what in Hebrew, which means “God help you”?

What is A-7713?

Answer the following question in no less than 3 complete sentences.Explain what is ironic about the following: “My father did not consider it so grim … ‘The yellow star? Oh, well what of it? You don’t die of it…”

Answer the following question in no less than 3 complete sentences.In what way is the hanging of the young pipel symbolic of the Jewish race? (HINT: Think about what Elie says at the hanging)

Answer the following question in no less than 3 complete sentences.
Explain what is ironic about the following: “My father did not consider it so grim … ‘The yellow star? Oh, well what of it? You don’t die of it…”

Answer the following question in no less than 3 complete sentences.
In what way is the hanging of the young pipel symbolic of the Jewish race? (HINT: Think about what Elie says at the hanging)

Answer the following question in no less than 3 complete sentences.
Explain what is ironic about the following: “My father did not consider it so grim … ‘The yellow star? Oh, well what of it? You don’t die of it…”

Answer the following question in no less than 3 complete sentences.
In what way is the hanging of the young pipel symbolic of the Jewish race? (HINT: Think about what Elie says at the hanging)