Night
From Home to Auschwitz
English 10
Define and Explain the significance of each of these words the novel's theme so far
Billeted
Truncheons
Optimism
Mysticism
Edict
Abstraction
Answer the
following questions
1. Who is Moshe the Beadle and
what does he discover in the beginning of the novel Night, by Eliezer
Wiesel?
2. Explain what the Jewish people are required to
wear as identification. Explain where
they are forced to live and why- the deeper reason why.
Answer the
following multiple choice questions?
1. Eliezer and his family come
from the town of
a. Gliewitz
b. Sighet
c. Haifa
d. Budapest
2. Upon his return to the
village, Moshe the Beadle tries to
a. break into Eliezer’s home
b. spy for the Nazis
c. become a Rabbi
d. warn the village of the Nazi
threat
3. On the train, Madame
Schachter has visions of
a. a gas chamber
b. Israel
c. A furnace
d. Angels of liberation
4. Unable to endure Madame
Schachter’s screaming, several men on the train
a. stuff their ears with cotton
b. beat her senseless
c. jump off the train
d. persuade her son to keep her
quiet
