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Night Reading Questions
Chapter One p3
Describe Moishe, the Beadle.
Why did Eliezer pray, and why did he cry when he prayed?
Upon his return to town, what story did Moishe tell?
Why did the people choose not to believe him?
Cite examples of how the Jewish citizens of Sighet began to lose their rights.
In this text, what is a ghetto?
Why did the citizens resist the truth, even when it was in front of them?
Describe the conditions in the train at the end of the chapter.
Chapter 2 p23
What could Mrs. Schächter’s nightmares foreshadow?
Chapter 3 p29
When questioned by the SS, why did Elie lie about his age and job?
What was the first horrifying sight that Elie had trouble believing?
Explain what Elie meant by “Never shall I forget these flames which consumed my faith forever.”
How had Elie changed in a short time?
What was Elie’s first impression of Auschwitz after leaving Birkenau?
What sort of identification was used on the prisoners?
Why was the prisoner in charge of Elie’s block removed from this position?
Chapter 4 p47
What is Wiesel’s job at Buna?
Why is Wiesel summoned to the dentist?
Why does the French girl pass herself off as an Aryan?
Describe how Wiesel feels as he watches Idek beat his father?
Why does Wiesel try to teach his father to march in step?
Why are the prisoners unafraid and joyful during the air-raid?
Chapter 5 p66
How have Wiesel’s feels toward God and Jewish holidays changed?
What is the New Year’s “gift” from the SS?
What advice does the head of Wiesel’s block give the men to get through the selection?
What is “the inheritance” Wiesel refers to?
Akiba Drumer is described earlier in the book as deeply religious and deeply faithful. What has happened to him?
Why is Wiesel put in the hospital? What is he afraid will happen to him there?
Why is the camp being evacuated?
Wiesel and his father have a choice. What is it and what do they choose?
Why does Wiesel describe his fellow prisoners as “mountebanks” and buffoons?
Chapter 6 pp.85
Why did Elie’s father not let him sleep?
What did Rabbi Eliahu's son do that Elie prays he will never do?
Chapter 7 - pp.98
How did Elie again help his father when they were on the train?
Describe the scene Elie witnessed between the father and son.
How many got out of the wagon? Where had they arrived?
Chapter 8 - pp. 104
Explain how the father/son roles had been reversed in the case of Elie and his father?
Why was Elie’s father being beaten?
What did Elie think of the advice given to him by the head of the block?
Chapter 9 p113
What happened on April 5th?
What was the resistance movement? What did they do?
What did the prisoners do when they were freed?