Important characters
Narrator of the story.
Elie Wiesel…
The mode of transportation the Nazis used to move the Jews from camp to camp.
Cattle cars
Why does Madame Schachter scream?
she is hallucinating a huge fire outside of the train car.
The Wiesel family moved into a sealed off Ghetto
Chapter 2.
He tutors Elie.
Moshe the Beadle.
Respected Jewish community leader in Sighet.
Shlomo Wiesel
Two of these were set up in Sighet.
ghettos
What happens when they’re on the cattle?
They turn on one another and start fighting.
The last time he sees his mother & sister
Chapter 3
The reason Elie is sent to the infirmary.
Infected foot
A relative who stays with the Wiesels in the Sighet ghetto.
Batya Reich.
The destination of the 42 mile death march where the guards shot the stragglers.
Gleiwitz
Why did Elie Wiesel write Night?
for people to witness his experiences in the holocaust.
They remove Elie’s tooth because the prisoners think it’s worth a lot.
Chapter 4
Study of Jewish mysticism.
Cabbalah.
A relative who meets Elie and his father at Auschwitz.
Stein of Antwerp
Mr. Wiesel died in this camp.
Buchenwald.
What does night symbolize?
symbolizes the utter despair and painful suffering that Eliezer and the rest of the prisoners endure
Elie woke up to somebody strangling him.
Chapter 7
The number that was tattooed on Elie's arm.
A-7713
"Man raises himself toward God by the questions he asks him."
Moshe the Beadle
A camp that is bombed for an hour
Buna
What happens at the end of the story?
The Americans arriving at Buchenwald and freeing the prisoners.
Juliek spent his last moments of life playing the violin.
Chapter 6.
What illness does Elie Wiesel get?
Food poisoning.