Night: Elie Wiesel Test Quiz
Night is a novel that is about Elie and his experience in the German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, at the height of the Holocaust toward the end of the Second World War. The falling action is a combination of Eliezer's liberation from the concentration camp and his debate about whether or not to write about it. See if you remember his story by taking this test.
- 1.What word means the systematic extermination of An entire national, raaal, political or ethnic group?
- A.
Holocaust
- B.
Genocide
- C.
Pogrom
- D.
Fasdsm
- 2.Which o* the following was NOT a group that Hitter t/ied to etimmate?
- A.
Poles
- B.
Gypsies
- C.
Germans
- D.
Boitiosexuals
- 3.What did Elie Wiesel want lo study at the beginning of the book?
- A.
Beadle
- B.
Geometry
- C.
Kabaia
- D.
Russian
- 4.Who helped Elie with Ns studies?
- A.
His father
- B.
Moishe the Beadle
- C.
The Rabbi
- D.
His mother
- 5.Night took place during:
- A.
Civil War
- B.
Cold War
- C.
WWI
- D.
WWII
- 6.When the Jews of Sighet aw FIRST deported, how many people are on each train car?
- A.
12
- B.
80
- C.
100
- D.
120
- 7.The first thing Elie wanted to do when he left the camp was to get revenge on the German.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Which is a Jewish prayer for the dying?
- A.
Talmud scriptures
- B.
Bible Scriptures
- C.
Kaddish
- D.
Kabala
- 9.What is Elie's new name at the camp?
- A.
Eliezer
- B.
A-7713
- C.
Kapo
- D.
R2D2
- 10.What item did the SS extract from the Jews at the camp?
- A.
Inheritance
- B.
Star of David
- C.
Gold teeth
- D.
Feet
- 11.Elie prevents the SS from extracting this item by
- A.
Saying he is. sick
- B.
Saying hehas to work
- C.
Saying it was already taken
- D.
Extracting is himself
- 12.What happened to those prisoners who broke the rules?
- A.
Hanged
- B.
Beaten
- C.
Shot
- D.
A,b,c
- 13.
- A.
Julick, the violinist
- B.
Alkiba Drumer
- C.
Moishe, the Beadle
- D.
Young boy Pipel who was hanged
- 14.What do the men do to help their chances during selection?
- A.
Jumping jacks
- B.
Put on makeup
- C.
Run
- D.
Wear extra clothes
- 15.Why does Elie go to see the doctor?
- A.
His foot is infected.
- B.
He has been beaten.
- C.
His tooth aches.
- D.
Whipped 25 lashes.
- 16.How do the prisoners travel to Gleiwitz?
- A.
Train
- B.
Run//march
- C.
Airplane
- D.
Bus
- 17.What happened to the men who slowed down on the way to Gleiwitz?
- A.
Shot
- B.
Trampled
- C.
Both a and b
- D.
Neither a, b, or c
- 18.What happened to the men that slept in the snow at the caved -in brick factory?
- A.
Shot
- B.
Tramped
- C.
Died
- D.
Neither a, b, or c
- 19.How many men gel onto the train car with Elie and his father on the trip to Buchenwald?(the 2nd trip)
- A.
12
- B.
80
- C.
100
- D.
120
- 20.How many men get off the train at Buchenwald?
- A.
12
- B.
80
- C.
100
- D.
120
- 21.Which of the following is NOT an example of father and son relaiionship in the novel?
- A.
Elie and his father
- B.
Moishe & father
- C.
RabbiEliahou & son
- D.
A father & son on the train fighting over food?
- 22.Moishe the Beadle was killed when he was deported with foreign Jews
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.People in the Jewish community looked down on Elie's father and thought he was mad. (crazy)
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Idek, the Kapo, treats all of the factory workers at Buna well.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Elie is never abused at the camp.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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