Night Test Part One

Who was Elie's spiritual mentor at the beginning of the story?

• Moishe the Beadle

• His father

• Both of his parents

• His older brother

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What happens to Moishe that suggests some foreshadowing of what is to come?

• He experiences the horrors of the Holocaust firsthand, and when he describes what happens, no one believes him.

• Moishe becomes cruel much like the Germans will eventually show to the rest of the Jewish population later on.

• Moishe does not believe what is going on around him and does not want to face reality.

• Moishe is able to warn the community in time about what is going to happen.

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Why don’t people listen to his story?

Answer explanation

They think it is so outrageous that he is either lying or insane.

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Why aren’t they afraid of the Germans at first?

• They don't make an appearance until after Elie and his family have already left.

• They are nice at first to catch the community off their guard, so when they do start being cruel, they don't see it coming.

• They see the Germans as cruel, but are not afraid to fight back.

• The middle two answers.

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Name at least two freedoms that they began losing as the Germans began to show their true colors.

Answer explanation

They were prohibited from moving about freely, they were to give up their most valuable possessions, and they had to wear a yellow star that allowed them to be identified from among the rest.

These steps show how they initially make the Jews seem less than human.

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What are Elie and his fellow community members forced to travel in? Describe the conditions and how many people are in each car.

Answer explanation

Train cars usually meant for animals; just another way they deny these human beings their humanity as created in the image of God.

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On the train, Mrs. Schächter kept having a premonition of "The fire, over there!" What did this mean?

• That this book's writing is so good that it is "fire."

• That the train was going so fast that it could catch on fire.

• That this train was heading to a bad, almost "hell-like" place.

• It was foreshadowing. Later, they would see the crematorium at the camp.

Elie had more than enough time to say goodbye to his family when they were separated at the camp.

• Yes; the Germans gave them plenty of time to share goodbyes and ensure that they could split up their possessions from home accordingly.

• No. They were immediately separated. Elie and his dad one way, his mother and sister the other way; all possessions (and illusions about what was to happen) were left on the train.

• Elie and his family were not separated.

• It was only Elie and his father.

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What prayer are the prisoners saying over themselves as they look upon the horrors of the camp?

• A prayer of revenge.

• A prayer of salvation.

• Kaddish (a prayer over the dead).

• Kaddish (a prayer over the living).

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The poem to the right from Elie. He seems to be letting what he is seeing weaken his faith. How can our understanding of human nature answer Elie's dilemma here?

Answer explanation

In understanding how the world and the people in it have a human nature, we can understand why people do what they do, why bad things happen, and understand that without God and just human beings in charge, terrible things can be brought into the world. Both our fallen state and human nature are to blame; not God.

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