Night Ch. 2-3

To what did Wiesel compare the world?

• He compared it to a blind and deaf person.

• He compared it to a large hole in the ground.

• He compared it to a cattle wagon hermetically sealed.

• He compared it to the Bible story of the Jews in slavery in Egypt.

What did Madame Schachter see in her vision?

• She saw large open graves full of children.

• She saw a fire - a furnace with huge flames.

• She saw row after row of empty houses.

• She saw the face of Hitler laughing at the entire world.

some of the young men tied Madame Schachter up and gagged her. Then they hit her.

• True

• False

What did the Jews in the train car discover when they looked out the window?

• They saw several large factories surrounded by barbed wire fences.

• They saw lines of soldiers with truncheons, ready to beat them as they got off.

• They saw flames gushing out of a tall chimney into the sky.

• They saw wagons full of dead bodies.

What did Wiesel say about the travelers' illusions?

• They left their illusions in the ghetto in Sighet.

• They were still clinging to their illusions even though they gave up their possessions.

• They left their cherished objects and illusions behind on the train.

• Seeing the German soldiers made them give up their illusions.

Which notorious SS officer did they meet at the concentration camp?

• They met Hitler himself.

• They met Eichman.

• They met General Kolomaye.

• They met Dr. Mengele.

What was Elie's main thought as the men and women were being herded from the train?

• It was to stay with his father at all costs.

• It was to keep his faith in God.

• It was to stay alive and healthy.

• It was to be as brave as possible.

The people were reciting the Kaddish, the prayer for the dead, for themselves.

• True

• False

Elie beat up the gypsy who struck his father.

• True

• False

Which statement is true?

• They went to Birkenau, then to Bergen-Belsen, then to Auschwitz.

• They stayed at Nuremberg for one month.

• They stayed at Galicia for six days, then went to Birkenau.

• They were at Auschwitz for about three weeks. Then they went to Buna.