Night by Elie Wiesel Questions

Night by Elie Wiesel Study Guide Characters Use bullet points to create a very detailed description. Include information from the beginning to the end of this section. Use quotes and page numbers. Moishe, the Beadle Keeper of the synagogue. Returned to warn his fellow Jews. Elie Wiesel Anther, 15 years old, Survivor, Deeply Religious, he is telling the story. Sholomo Wiesel Elie’s Father Respected member of the community Madame Schachter Lady on the cattle car yelling “Fire”. Telling their future. PART 1: Pages 1-22 Questions Answers 1. Who is the narrator of the story? What point-of-view is used? 2. What is Elie Wiesel’s hometown - what country? 3. In what year does Elie’s story begin? How old was he then? 4. What did Elie want to do with his life? Elie Wiesel,1st person 5. Explain how the community viewed Elie’s father. 6. What happened to all of the foreign Jews of Sighet? Who did this include? 7. Upon his return, what story did Moishe tell? 8. Why do YOU feel the people didn’t believe him? 9. List the rules the Jews are made to abide by. 10. What is a ghetto? Respected by the community. Sighet, Transylvania Romania (p.1) 1941,12 almost 13 Wanted to study the kabbalah Evacuated Moishe, the beadle The Germans shot the Jews after they made them big their own graves. They thought he was crazy. Thought this could not be true. Curfew, Yellow Star, Give up their valuables, leave their homes. A fenced off section of the town where the Jewish people were forced to live. 11. Why did the citizens resist the truth? 12. What are the feelings of the Jews as they experience deportation? 13. Describe the conditions of the train on found on page 22. They were afraid to believe Afraid, denial, thought they were taking them somewhere to be safe. Dark, Crowded, No Bathroom, No Windows. Part 3: Page 23- 46 14. What would happen to anyone found to have any valuable possessions? 15. What was foreshadowed by Madame Schacter’s nightmare? 16. What did some of the passengers do to quiet her? 17. Where did the train finally stop? Birkenau 18. What could they smell? Burning Flesh 19. How were they made to get off the train? 20. What is Elie’s one thought as the Jew’s are separated? 21. Why did Elie lie about his age and occupation? 22. What was the horrifying sight that Elie first disbelieved? 23. What did Elie decide to do rather than chance being burned? 24. Elie repeats that he will _______. Pushed and hit them 25. What were the prisoners made to do as they entered the barracks? 26. Who are the Kapos? They would be shot Flame of the Crematorium Beat her, Tied Her up, Gagged her Stay with his father, not to be alone. He would never see his mother or sisters again. Another prisoner told him to so he could stay alive. The Germans were throwing babies in to the flames. Run into the Electric barbed fence Never Forget Take off their clothes Jewish Prisoners put in charge of other prisoners 27. According to Elie, how had he changed (page 37)? 28. Why does he thank God on page 38? “I had become a different person” 37 Because the mud helped him keep his new shoes. 29. Where does the SS officer say they are and what are their two choices? 30. What happened with his father asked Auschwitz Work or die (crematorium) He was slapped in the face 2 to use the restroom? 31. What was Elie’s first impression of Aushwitz? 32. What is the compulsory formality at all of the concentration camps? 33. What sort of identification was used on the prisoners? What was his identification? 34. What were the prisoner’s rations at each meal? Better than Biekenau Shower and disinfection Tattooed numbers A-7713 Coffee Soup Bread Transport 35. What were the prisoners always trying to avoid? 36. Why was the prisoner in charge of Elie’s He was too nice. block removed from his position? 37. Where was Elie and his father taken Buna after leaving Aushwitz? Part 2: Page 46-65 38. What was the objective of the medical examinations? 39. Why were the Jewish musicians not allowed to play music by Beethoven? 40. Describe one of Idek’s bouts of madness. 41. How did Elie initially avoid losing his gold crown? 42. What happened when Elie refused to give his crown to Franek? What was the end result? 43. During one of the preliminary “ceremonies” for a hanging, what did Juliek whisper to Elie? 44. During one hanging, Elie and the other prisoners cried. What made this hanging different from others? 45. Why didn’t Elie fast on Yom Kippur? Looking for gold teeth They were not allowed to play music composed by Germans. Began beating whoever was in his way. Pretending to be sick. Franek took his anger out on Elie’s dad. Franek took it out with a rusty spoon. “this ceremony, will it be over soon? I’m hungry..”(62) It was a young boy, took him 30 minutes to die. He no longer believed in god. Because his father told him not to. 3 Page 66- 84 46. What is Elie’s job and how long does he do it? 47. Describe the selection process. 48. What advice were they given to increase their chances during the selection? 49. What were the prisoners made to do as they entered the barracks? 50. How did his father respond when he learned his number had been written down? What did he give Eli? 51. What is happening to the faith of some of the Jews? 52. What did Akiba Drumer ask the others to do for him? Did they do it? 53. Why was Elie placed in the hospital? Construction 12 hours a day. They ran in front of the SS Move their limbs to make them look healthy Take off their clothes Ran to his son .gave him a spoon and a knife. Losing their faith Say kaddish for him. No Right foot was swollen 54. What is Elie most afraid on (page 82)? Losing his father 55. Why did he choose to leave rather than stay in the hospital? 56. What happened to the men who stayed in the infirmary rather than evacuate? He wanted to stay with his father. They thought the patients would be killed. They were freed. Page 85- 97 57. What happened to anyone who could not keep up? 58. What is it that keeps Elie from giving up and falling out of line during the evacuation? 59. How did Zalman die? They were shot 60. What prevented Elie from falling to sleep? 61. What horrible realization did Elie come to concerning Rabbi Eliahou and his son? His father He wanted to stay with his father. He was trampled His son left him on purpose. 4 62. What was Juliek’s last act? Played Beethoven 63. How does Elie help his father during the He caused a distraction slection? 64. Describe the scene (page 96) of the Eating snow off or each other’s backs men waiting for the train. Page 98- 103 65. How did Elie again help his father when they were on the train? 66. What did the men resemble as they fought for the bread? What did the German’s who tossed the bread in the cattle car do? 67. Describe the scene Elie witnessed between the father and son. By waking him up 68. How old is Elie when this happened? 16 69. How many got out of the wagon? How many had died? Where had they arrived? 12 88 Buchenwald Animals, watched Son killing his father for bread Page 104- 112 70. What is the familiar fear Elie feels when they arrive at Buchenwald? 71. What is Elie’s father’s condition and spirit at Buchenwald? 72. When he becomes separated from his father, what is Elie’s thought that he is ashamed of later? (page. 106) 73. Why was Elie’s father not given food? Losing his father 74. What did the doctor on page 109 do to help the sick? What did he say to them? 75. Why did the Frenchman and the Pole beat his father? 76. Why did Elie pretend to be sick? Helped them dia. Called them lazy He was weak and low in spirit To not find his father and take care of himself. It would be a waste of food Beat him because he smelled He wanted to stay with his father 5 77. What happened while Elie was sleeping? His father taken away to the crematorium and another person was in his bunk. Page 113- 115 78. Why does he say his life no longer mattered? 79. What began on April 5th 1945? 80. How long did they go without food while waiting to be evacuated? 81. What was the first thing the prisoners did when they were released? 82. What did Elie say he saw when he looked in the mirror? He lost his father The allied forces came and liberated the camp. 6 days Ate the food A corpen 6