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Night- Section 4

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Question 1

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Find and write a line from this chapter that supports the claim that Wiesel and his father were treated more like animals than humans. Cite your evidence.

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Question 2

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What detail shows the reader that the dentist from Czechoslovakia likely was not actually a dentist? Cite evidence.

Question 3

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Wiesel uses his wit and a bit of luck to keep the gold crown on his tooth. Later, though, he must surrender the crown to Franek, the foreman of his work group. Why does Wiesel finally relent and agree to give the crown to Franek? Cite evidence.

Question 4

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Toward the middle of the chapter, Wiesel says, “That was what life in a concentration camp had made of me...” To what is he referring here?

Question 5

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Identify the literary device Wiesel uses in this line: “At rst, my father simply doubled over under the blows, but then he seemed to break in two like an old tree struck by lightning.” What does the comparison of Idek to lightning
emphasize to the reader?

Question 6

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What does Juliek, one of the musicians, say that shows the callousness that life in the concentration camp is creating? Cite evidence.

Question 7

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In the gut-wrenching nal scene of this chapter, a pale young boy is hanged for refusing to give information to the Gestapo. Give two pieces of evidence from the text that a reader could use to argue this is the moment where Wiesel’s faith in God is broken. Cite evidence.