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Night Ch. 1 Quiz

Quiz by Amanda Mittiga

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10 questions
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  • Q1
    How old is Elie when the novel begins in 1942?
    twelve
    fourteen
    nine
    fifteen
    120s
  • Q2
    How did Moshe the Beadle escape from being killed in the forest of Galacia?
    The Germans sent him back to the village as a symbol of what was to come
    He was mistaken for a Hungarian
    He could tell the German soldiers where the Jews were hiding their savings
    He was wounded and taken for dead
    120s
  • Q3
    Elie, in 1944, asked his father to obtain emigration permits for Palestine and to sell his business to leave the country. Why did his father reject this idea?
    He didn't want to leave his synagogue
    He told Elie that he was too young to be giving people advice on life
    He felt he needed to stay and lead the people
    He said he was too old to start from scratch again
    120s
  • Q4
    When the Hungarian police ordered the Jews to hand over all their gold, jewels, and valuable objects, what did Elie's father do with all their savings?
    He locked up the savings in the safe at his business
    He turned them over to the rabbi
    He buried their savings in the cellar
    He followed the orders and turned them over to protect his family
    120s
  • Q5
    Late in 1943, after many reports of antisemitic troubles in other places, the Jews of Sighet ignored the warnings and German soldiers occupied the town. At first this seemed painless because
    they made camp outside of town and seldom bothered the citizens
    they didn't stay for more than a few days
    they seemed to tired to care about the Jews of Sighet
    they lived among the citizens in their homes and made no demands on the townspeople
    120s
  • Q6
    Where was Elie's family ordered to go instead of going to their scheduled deportation car?
    to a labor camp near Galacia
    to a holding cell with Moshe the Beadle
    to the little ghetto
    to the train station on the outskirts of town
    120s
  • Q7
    Elie and his family were offered a second chance to escape to the village of their old servant. What was Elie's father's reason for not going this time?
    He felt the need to lead his people
    He wanted to stay with his tired wife and small child for fear they wouldn't make it
    He was beginning to feel some loyalty to the Hungarian soldiers
    He thought that the servant was a traitor
    120s
  • Q8
    Despite the fact that the community was soon split up and moved into two ghettos, the Wiesels could continue to live in their own house as long as they
    paid a high fee to the Germans to let them live there
    promised to spy on their neighbors for the Germans
    boarded up the windows on the gentile side of their house
    kept the lights out at night
    120s
  • Q9
    When their deportation seems inevitable, the Jews of Sighet gossip about being sent to work camps or brick factories. They left their homes that day
    in army trucks headed for Germany
    in cattle cars on a train headed toward deportation camps
    on foot headed to work camps in Poland
    in ships headed for Western Europe
    120s
  • Q10
    How did the Gestapo ensure that none of the people would attempt to escape during the move?
    They drugged the Jewish people for the ride
    They kept several of the infant children behind for insurance
    They promised to shoot the Jewish person they named "in charge" of the car
    They threatened to burn the compartment from which the person escaped
    120s

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