STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS

1    How old was Elie at the beginning of the story?  What year was it?
2    Why did Eliezer spend a lot of time with Moche?
3    What happened to Moche that caused a great change in him?
4    How did the rest of the community react to what Moshe told them?
5    Elie knew he could obtain emigration permits for where?
6    The Germans arrested the leaders of the Jewish community on what day?
7    According to a new decree, what did every Jew have to wear?
8    What were the ghettos?
9    When did they find out they would be deported?
10    What year was it?
11    Who offered Eliezer’s family safe refuge?
12    On what day of the week was Eliezer’s family expelled?
13    How was Elie’s family transported away?
14    Why did the Hungarian lieutenant move among the prisoners with a basket?
15    What made the fire that Madame Schachter foreshadows in the train?
16    What does it mean to be an SS man?
17    What infamous camp was Elie taken to?
18    Describe the last time Elie saw his mother and sisters.
19    How old are Elie and his father at this point?  How old does the SS officer tell them they are?
20    What type of work did Elie and his father do? What lie did Elie tell to Dr. Mengele?  Why?
21    When Elie’s father begins to pray the Kaddish, does Elie join him?  Why or why not?
22    Why did the gypsy strike Eliezer’s father?  How did Eliezer react?
23    What tattoo does Eliezer get?  What does he say it means?
24    What were the prisoners fed at the camp?
25    After leaving Auschwitz, where do Elie and his father go?
26    What was Elie's experience with the dentist?
27    Who helps Eliezer after he gets a severe beating?
28    Who eventually gets Eliezer’s gold crown?  How?
29    Elie witnesses something that gets him in trouble.  What is it and what happens to him?
30    Describe Elie’s feelings on Rosh Hashanna.  What day of the year is it?
31    What is Yom Kippur?  What question do the Jews ask themselves this day?
32    What do Elie and his friends have to do in front of Dr. Mengele?  What is Mengele doing?
33    What is Elie’s “inheritance” from his father?
34    What happened to Elie's foot? Why was he afraid to get an operation?
35    What happens while Elie is in the hospital?
36    To which camp does Elie go next?
37    After this they are loaded on cattle trains and go where?
38    What illness does Elie’s father get at this new camp?
39    What was the 'head of the block's' advice to Elie about his dying father?
40    How did Elie respond to this advice? How does this reflect on Elie's character?
41    How did Elie's father die?
42    What was the date of his father’s death?
43    How long did Elie have to stay at Buchenwald?
44    How did Eliezier regain his freedom?
45    What genre of literature is Night?

Essay Questions from: http://members.accessus.net/~bradley/Essay%20Study%20Guide%20Questions.html
Write at least five sentences (a real paragraph) for each of the following essay questions.  Make sure you use evidence from the text to support your answers.
 
1. Dehumanization is the process by which the Nazis gradually reduced the Jews to little more than "things" which were a nuisance to them. Discuss at least three specific examples of events that occurred which dehumanized Eliezer, his father, or his fellow Jews.











2. After Eliezer’s father was beaten by Idek, a Kapo, Eliezer says, "I had watched the whole scene without moving. I kept quiet. In fact I was thinking of how to get farther away so that I would not be hit myself. What is more, any anger I felt at that moment was directed, not against the Kapo, but against my father. I was angry with him, for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s outbreak. That is what concentration camp life had made of me." Discuss what the last line signifies. Discuss how his attitude had changed.











3. Discuss why you think the townspeople remained complacent despite the advance of the German army.









4. Discuss why Eliezer lied to Stein, his relative, about Stein’s family. Discuss whether or not you think he was morally right.









5. What are some ways that Wiesel and the other Jews at the camps try to observe their religion? How have Wiesel’s feelings about God changed since his captivity began?









6. Choose one of the “Connections” on pages 121-190 and write a reflection on how you think it applies to Night.