Night by Eli

What town do Eliezer and his family come from?

• Gleiwitz

• Sighet

• Haifa

• Budapest

What specifically does Eliezer recruit Moishe the Beadle to teach him?

• The Cabbala

• The Torah

• The Talmud

• The Haftorah

What is Eliezer’s oldest sister’s name?

• Bea

• Hilda

• Tzipora

• Esther

Upon his return to the village, what does Moishe the Beadle try to do?

• Break into Eliezer’s home

• Spy for the Nazis

• Become a Rabbi

• Warn the villagers about the Nazi threat

After being evacuated from their original homes, where are the Jews of Sighet first sent?

• To Auschwitz/Birkenau

• To a ghetto within Sighet

• To Czechoslovakia

• To Buna

On what day is Eliezer’s family deported from Sighet?

• Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year

• Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement

• he first day of Passover, the commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt

• The Sabbath, the day of rest

On the train from Sighet, of what does Madame Schächter have visions?

• A gas chamber

• Israel

• A furnace and fire

• Angels of liberation

What do several men on the train do when they are unable to endure Madame Schächter’s screaming?

• Stuff their ears with cotton

• Beat her senseless

• Jump off the train

• Persuade her son to keep her quiet

From whom is Eliezer separated at Birkenau?

• His mother and three sisters

• His father

• Both his parents

• His entire family

During the first selection at Birkenau, what do Eliezer and his father, respectively, pretend their ages are?

• Fifteen and fifty

• Eighteen and forty

• Fifteen and forty

• Eighteen and fifty