"Night" by Elie Wiesel Final test Review

Master Elie Wiesel's "Night"! Review key events & characters from this powerful Holocaust memoir.

Fill-in-the-blanksCheck spelling and capitalize proper nouns. Night is the autobiographical account of Elie Wiesel's time in the concentration camps in Europe during World War II. He grew up in the town of (1) Sighet, in the country of (2) Transylvania. The people knew there was a war going on, but were not paying much attention.Even when (3) Moishe the Beadle returned to the town to tell his terrible tales of mass murders of Jews, the people would not believe it. Elie tried to persuade his father to move to(4) Palestine , but his father would not do it. Even the news that the Fascists in Budapest were destroying Jewish shops and (5) synagogues did not convince the people that danger was coming.During the Spring of 1944 the German army moved into the town. On the seventh day of (6)Passover the Germans arrested the leaders of the Jewish community. Soon after, two(7) ghettos were set up and all of the Jewish people were made to move there. The train carrying the Wiesel family and their neighbors stopped first at (8) Birkenau, which was the reception center for (9) Auschwitz . Elie was separated from his mother and sisters here, although he was able to stay with his father. They stayed in this camp for three weeks. Then they were(10)forcedto walk for four hours to another camp at (11) Buna. Some time around the end of January,1945, the front drew near the camp. The prisoners were evacuated to (12) Gleiwitz. They stayed at this camp for three days without food or water. Then they were taken by train to (13) Buchenwald. Chlomo Wiesel died here during the night of January 28, 1945. Elie stayed there in the children's block until the (14) resistance movement liberated the camp and the (15) American tanks arrived. Matching Match the items on the left with their significance on the right. selection A process that determined who would live or die. bread Prisoners fought to the death when this was thrown into train cars. spoon It was part of Elie's inheritance. clean The men did this before they evacuated the barracks. violin It was crushed when Juliek died. star Each Jew had to wear a yellow one. ghettos Two were set up in Sighet before deportation to the camps. soup Once it tasted like corpses. dysentery Chlomo Wiesel died of this. fast Elie did not do this for Yom Kippur. Why was Akiba Dumer important in the story? He worked at the Hasidic synagogue. He was deeply religious, but eventually lost his faith and died. He was Aryan, not Jewish. He abused Elie in the camps to get what he wanted. What did Moshe the Beadle tell the people on his return from being deported? The foreign Jews were made to dig coal to fill the large furnaces. The foreign Jews were shot and dumped into large mass graves. The foreign Jews were sent on a boat to Palestine. The foreign Jews who had money were able to buy their freedom. What was the setting and the year for the first section of the book? 1935-1939 in Prague, Czechoslovakia 1950-1952 in Palestine and Jerusalem 1910-1915 in Berlin, Germany 1942-1944 in Sighet, Transylvania Why was his father giving Elie the inheritance? Mr. Wiesel had been selected. He was giving it to his son before his death. Mr. Wiesel thought Elie might be able to buy his freedom. Mr. Wiesel wanted Elie to be comfortable Mr. Wiesel thought Elie had a better chance of hiding the things than he did. Elie beat up the gypsy who struck his father. True False Elie gave up the gold crown to keep Franek from tormenting his father. True False Elie said he observed the prayer service like a stranger. True False They were at Gleiwitz for three days. They then traveled by train for ten days until they reached Buchenwald. True False Sort examples of mistreatment and dehumanization between the Nazis and the Jews and the prisoners towards each other. Nazi mistreatment of Jews Shot and killed anyone who fell out of line Took away their personal possessions Put them into ghettos and camps Severe physical and emotional abuse Took away personal identity Prisoner mistreatment of one another Trampled people on death marches Took clothing off of dead dead bodies Killed family for bread Abdandoned family Threw dead bodies off train without care Which is NOT an example of a father relationships falling apart in the account? Son killed father over a piece of bread Rabbi Eliahou's son abandoned him during the run Elie did not stick up for his father when he was being beaten with an iron bar Mosche the Beadle abandoned his father when they were shipped away from Sighet Using the above picture, select which answer best describes how Maslow's heirarchy of needs explains the prisoner's breakdown in behavior. Humans are motivated to achieve the highest level of the pyramid first, they can worry about basic needs later. Humans must satisfy basic needs first before moving on to higher needs. If someone doesn't have safety, self-actualization goals aren't as important. As long as needs are being met somewhere on the pyramid, humans will continue to be motivated to achieve higher goals. Sort the descriptions in the proper columns depending on if they are true BEFORE Elie was placed in the camps, or if they are true for after he arrived. Before Camps Father did not approve of Elie's interest in religion Father was distant and more concerned with community affairs Elie was completely devoted to studying the Kabbalah Elie prayed constantly and wept as he prayed Religion was the most important thing to Elie After Camps Elie questioned God's existence Elie and father refused to pray and fast during Jewish holidays Elie's father was completely devoted to his son's survival Elie and his father lived for one another Elie and his father were closer than ever One of the themes explored is silence. Match up each event correctly. Moshe the Beadle Townspeople ignored warnings of the horrible ways Germans were killing the Jews Madame Schachter Was beaten and gagged because of visions of a fire and furnace. German Townspeople Ignored the many prisoners who would travel between camps. Some even threw bits of food on trains for fun. Prisoners Stayed silent as others around them were beaten, abused, and mistreated. Guards Continued and encouraged abuse of prisoners. Took advantage of their power instead of using it to stop the evil.