Night Reading Quizzes Chapter 1 Reading Quiz 1

Night Reading Quizzes

Chapter 1 Reading Quiz 1. Describe Moche the Beadle. Why is he significant in the first chapter? 2. What happens to the foreign Jews in Sighet? 3. How do the Jews respond to the rumors of Jewish slaughter and persecution? 4. Explain the foreshadowing in the following quote: “‘The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don’t die of it. ’ (Poor Father! Of what then did you die? )” BONUS: Who knocked at the Wiesel’s window? Why?

Chapter 2 Reading Quiz 1. Describe the atmosphere of the cattle car. 2. Explain how Mrs. Schachter’s vision is prophetic. 3. What rumors did the Jews hear about Auschwitz? 4. Give an example of imagery from Elie’s brief description of Birkenau. BONUS: What illicit behavior were people participating in on the cattle car?

Chapter 3 Reading Quiz 1. What 8 words changed Elie’s life? Why? 2. After Elie and his father were sorted, what was happening at the pit they were walking toward? 3. What was Bela Katz’s job? Why was it so horrific? 4. Why was Elie’s father slapped? 5. What does the sign above Auschwitz say? Why is it ironic? BONUS: In Elie’s “Never shall I forget…” section, what is 1 image that he records from that first night?

Chapter 4 Reading Quiz 1. Why was Elie’s gold tooth valuable? 2. What was unusual about the French woman at the factory? 3. Elie was beaten twice in this chapter. Give the reasons he was beaten for both occasions. 4. Explain the quote: “Fear was greater than hunger. ” (Give context, explain meaning) 5. What has been Elie’s priority throughout the novel? (It governs his decision-making) BONUS: What happened to Elie’s gold tooth?

Chapter 5 Reading Quiz 1. What ritual did Elie debate participating in for Yom Kippur? Why? 2. How did Elie pass the second selection? 3. What does Elie think could have saved Akiba Drumer? 4. Explain what the dysentery patient meant when he said, “I’ve got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. ” 5. Why did the prisoners clean the barracks? BONUS: What items were supposed to be Elie’s inheritance?

Chapter 6/7 Reading Quiz 1. What happened to Zalman? 2. Describe Elie’s statement, “We were the masters of nature, masters of the world. ” How is it ironic? 3. What happened to Rabbi Eliahou’s son? Why is it significant to Elie? 4. What two corpses does Elie discover after the stampede to get into the barracks? 5. What happened to Elie in the selection at Gleiwitz? His father? Why do the Germans throw bread to the inmates on the train? 6. 7. How did Meir die? How did Meir’s father die? *Note – NOT Meir Katz BONUS: How did the prisoners hydrate themselves at the end of this chapter?

Chapter 8/9 Reading Quiz 1. The first morning at Buchenwald, why does Elie feel ashamed? 2. Why is Elie’s father beaten up by other prisoners? 3. What is the Blockalteste’s advice to Elie about his father? When the Jews were summoned to the assembly place, what did they assume? 4. 5. What was the resistance movement? 6. What did the prisoners do first when they were liberated? 7. What happened to Elie after he was liberated? BONUS: Why might a reader panic at the word “showers”?

Chapter 9 Reading Quiz 1. When the Jews were summoned to the assembly place, what did they assume? 2. What was the resistance movement? 3. What did the prisoners do first when they were liberated? 4. What happened to Elie after he was liberated? 5. What was Elie thinking when he looked in the mirror? BONUS: Write down 1 quote from your fact/react journal that sticks out in your memory? Why does it strike you?