Night

“Suddenly, the sirens began to scream.” 
What type of figurative language is this example?

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

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Which sentence could be a main idea of "Night"?

• The Nazis imprisoned many European Jews, making them do harsh work and labor.
• Elie is destroyed by the treatment he receives in the Holocaust.
• The Jews were brutally treated and killed in Europe during the Holocaust.
• Elie overcomes the struggles of being a prisoner in the Holocaust.

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Which characteristic best shows that "Night" is a work of nonfiction?

• It is written in paragraphs and sentences.

• It is about a time in history.

• It chronicles a real person's life.

• It has plot events that lead to a climax.

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Yom Kippur is described as the Day of Atonement. Why is that ironic?

• It's a day when the Jews forgive those who sinned against them. It's ironic they should forgive the Nazis.
• It's a day when the Nazis should be nice to them, but they are not.
• It's a day when Jews are to ask forgiveness for their own sins, but they are the ones being sinned against.
• It's ironic to celebrate a joyous holiday in camp.

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On page 69, Wiesel eats a piece of bread in defiance of the Yom Kippur fast. He says, "I felt a great void opening." What does that mean?

• He feels the loss of his love of and faith in God.
• He is really hungry.
• He no longer believes God exists.
• He feels guilty for eating the bread.

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How did the Jews of Sighet react to Moshe’s miraculous escape/experience? 

• They thought he had gone mad and did not listen to him.
• His escape worried them and they listened to his warnings.
• Moshe was never actually expelled from Sighet
• There is no character named Moshe

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How were the Jews in the cattle car able to sit down?

• They weren't
•  The strongest got to sit down
• The weakest got to sit down
• They took turns 

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What happened to Elie’s mother and younger sister?

• The book does not say
•  They are separated from Elie and his father to the crematory
• They share the same fate as Elie 
• They are sent to a different concentration camp

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When Elie is forced to go to the dentist, how is Elie able to save his gold crown?

• He tells the dentist he is sick
• He makes a deal with the dentist
• He escapes when the dentist isn't looking

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Why doesn’t Elie fast during Yom Kippur? 

• He didn't know how to
• His father forbade him and he had lost his faith 
• He was scared of fasting in a concentration camp

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