Night Chapters 1-3 Quiz Study Guide

Match the following words with their definitions:

• Severe pain or suffering

• Hermetically

• complete destruction or killing

• Deportees

• People who are forced to leave a country

• Anguish

• Completely sealed

• Extermination

• Leaving your country to live elsewhere

• Emigration

Moshe the Beadle was important to Elie because:

• he was Elie's teacher and spiritual guide.

• he was Elie's father.

• he was a famous rabbi

• he was a wealthy businessman.

What did Moshe the Beadle tell the Jews of Sighet when he returned after being deported?

• He warned them about the Nazis' plans

• He offered to help them leave

• He shared a story about his travels.

• He told them about his religious vision.

At the end of Chapter 1, Elie says, "That was when I began to hate them, and my hatred remains our only link today" (19). Who is the "them" he is referring to?

• The Nazis

• His family

• The townspeople

• The Jewish community

To what did Elie compare the world?

• A cattle car

• A fiery pit

• A vast desert

• A silent ocean

What did Mrs. Schachter see in her vision? What literary device/term is this an example of?

• A fire; Foreshadowing

• A river; Metaphor

• A mountain; Simile

• A forest; Irony

At the end of Chapter 3, Elie and his father arrive at:

• Auschwitz

• Buchenwald

• Gleiwitz

• Buna

Eliezer's main thought as he approaches the gates of Auschwitz is:

• Finding a way to escape the camp

• Hope for survival

• Staying with his father

• Curiosity about the camp

Match the following words to their definitions

• False idea of belief

• Illusion

• See or hear something not there

• Hallucinate

• Aggressively spoken to or criticized

• Lucidity

• Being forgotten or unknown

• Oblivion

• Clear thinking & understanding

• Harangued