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Night Study Guide Name:________________________
Chapter 1—pp. 1-20
1) Who is the author of Night?______________________________________________
2) Setting: Where and when does the story begin?_______________________________
3) From what point of view is the story told?___________________________________
4) Describe the narrator. According to the story, what is he most interested in as a teenager?
What does he want to be?_______________________________________
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5) Who is Moshe the Beadle? Describe his relationship to Elie.____________________
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6) What happens to Moshe? What does he tell the townspeople? How do they respond?
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7) What was the first impression the townspeople have of the German soldiers?
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8) What were some of the ways in which the Jews were first deprived of their rights?
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9) Describe the opportunities that Elie and his family had to escape, and why they did
not.____________________________________________________________________
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10) How will the deportees leave town? What provisions and rules are given?
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Chapter 2—pp. 21-26
1) Describe the trip and the conditions. ________________________________________
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2) Describe Madame Schachter and her vision.__________________________________
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3) Given what the deportees see first when they reach their destination, what literary device
does her vision represent?_____________________________________________
Chapter 3—pp. 27-43
1) When Elie is separated from his mother and sister, what does he not know?________
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2) What advice are Elie and his father given? Why?_____________________________
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3) As the deportees enter Birkenau, Dr. Mengele is making a selection. What is being selected?
What are the two choices?_________________________________________
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4) As they near the burning pits, some of the men begin to recite a prayer. What is it?
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5) What does Elie consider doing at this point?_________________________________
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6) What does Elie say about that first night? What can he not forget?_______________
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7) What is taken from the prisoners? What is done to them (appearance)?
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9) Why is Elie able to keep his shoes?________________________________________
10) There is a sign over the entrance to Auschwitz. What does it say?
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11) What advice does the young Polish prisoner have for the deportees?
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12) On his second day at Auschwitz, Elie loses his name. How and why does this happen? What is
his new name?_____________________________________________
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Chapter 4—pp. 45-62
1) What is the name of the next camp?________________________________________
2) Instead of looking for cavities, what are the dentists looking for?_________________
3) Why aren’t the musicians allowed to play Beethoven?_________________________
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4) Describe Idek, the Kapo._________________________________________________
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5) Describe the young French girl. What does she do to help Elie?__________________
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6) During the air raid, a man risks his life. For what does he risk it? What is the outcome?
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7) Describe the first hanging that Elie witnesses? What was the man’s crime?_________
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8) Describe the hanging of the “sad-eyed angel.” What is different about this event for the
prisoners?____________________________________________________________
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Chapter 5—pp. 63-80
1) What is Rosh Hashanah?_________________________________________________
2) Describe Elie’s attitude toward his religion at this point.________________________
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3) Why does Elie refuse to fast on Yom Kippur?_________________________________
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4) What advice are the prisoners given before the selection?________________________
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5) Elie’s father thinks he has been selected. What inheritance does he leave for Elie? Does he
survive?__________________________________________________________
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6) What happens to Akiba Drumer? Why?______________________________________
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7) What happened to Elie’s foot?_____________________________________________
8) When Elie and his father hear that the Red Army is approaching, what do they decide to do?
Is this a good decision?_______________________________________________
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Chapter 6—pp. 81-92
1) Describe the march and the way the prisoners are treated._______________________
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2) Why must Elie and his father stay awake?___________________________________
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3) What happens to the Rabbi’s son?__________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________4) Why is this
significant for Elie?____________________________________________
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5) What happens to Juliek?__________________________________________________
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Chapter 7—pp. 93-98
1) What was the reaction of the prisoners when they had to throw corpses out of the train? Why?
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2) What happens when the bread is thrown into the car? Why do the workmen do this?
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3) What happens to a father and son over the bread?_____________________________
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4) At what camp do they arrive next?_________________________________________
Chapter 8—pp. 99-106
1) Why does Elie feel guilty at this point?_____________________________________
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2) What sickness does Elie’s father get?_______________________________________
3) What does the officer do to Elie’s father?___________________________________
4) What is his last words?_________________________________________________
5) What is Elie’s reaction to his father’s death?_________________________________
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Chapter 9—pp. 107-109
1) What happens before the Allies arrive to liberate the camp?_____________________
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2) What was the prisoners’ only thought when they were freed?_____________________
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3) What does Elie see when he finally looks in a mirror?__________________________
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