Night Study Guide

In what year does the novel start?

• 1941

• 1942

• 1943

• 1944

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

In what year does it end?

• 1942

• 1943

• 1944

• 1945

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What incident starts the conflict in chapter 1?

• The Nazis terrorize them & steal their things.

• The Jews of Sighet are put in Ghettos.

• Moishe the Beadle is deported.

• Moishe and Elie discuss Jewish Mysticism and the Bible.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What are the Jews of Sighet blind to in chapter 1?

• The truth of their safety. They think they're going to be put into camps.

• The truth of the outside world - that the Germans are coming for them.

• Their wicked ways.

• The truth of Jewish Mysticism.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What was the strongest example of dehumanization in the camp?

• Hot showers (the ones that were not gas chambers)

• Shlomo's knife & spoon

• Tattooed numbers on their arms, removing their name.

• Coffee

Describe the French woman.

• Hateful & unhelpful

• Beautiful, brave, & kind

• Confused, frightened, & concerned.

• Brutal and cruel

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is "Selection"?

• They choose the strong ones for harder working positions.

• They choose the weak and evacuate them to another camp.

• They choose the weak and send them to the infirmary.

• They choose the weak and exterminate them.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What was the biggest mistake Elie made while in the concentration camp?

• He didn't stay at the hospital, and the Russians liberated the area the day after.

• He gave his "inheritance" away.

• He chose coffee over his work and was beaten severely for it.

• He didn't take care of his father at all.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

What three things of Elie's were tested while in the camps?

• His faith

• His ability to hide

• His humanity

• His relationship with his father

• His ability to work

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Which members of Elie's family died in the Holocaust?

• Shlomo, his dad.

• His little sister Tzipora.

• His cousin.

• His mom.

• His brother, Shmuel.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6