Characters
This is the protagonist and narrator of Night.
Who is Elie Wiesel?
The title Night symbolizes this concept.
What is darkness, suffering, or loss of faith?
The Nazis forced Jews to wear this symbol to identify them.
What is the yellow star?
"Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night..." refers to this event.
What is Elie’s arrival at Auschwitz?
Before being deported, Elie’s family lived in this country.
What is Romania?
The Jewish prisoners are transported to camps in these cruel conditions.
What are cattle cars?
He is Elie's father, who remains by his side throughout their time in concentration camps.
Who is Shlomo Wiesel?
Elie’s faith is severely shaken after witnessing this atrocity at Auschwitz.
What is the hanging of the young pipel?
Elie and his father are deported from this town in 1944.
What is Sighet?
Fire! I see fire!" is shouted by this character as a warning.
Who is Madame Schächter?
As a child, Elie was deeply devoted to studying this religion.
What is Judaism?
Despite suffering, Juliek plays this instrument as a final act of defiance.
What is a violin?
This foreboding character warns the Jews of Sighet about the Nazis but is ignored.
Who is Moishe the Beadle?
The violin played by this character symbolizes lost hope and culture.
Who is Juliek?
The first concentration camp where Elie and his father arrive.
What is Auschwitz?
"The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me." Elie says this after seeing this person’s reflection.
Who is himself?
Elie’s father was respected in their community for holding this role.
What is a shopkeeper and community leader?
Before deportation, the Jews of Sighet were confined to these areas.
What are ghettos?
In an effort to stay with his father, Elie tells the guards he is this age.
What is 18?
Elie’s first major loss of innocence occurs when he sees babies being thrown into these.
What are fire pits?
Elie is forced to work in this section of Buna.
What is the electrical warehouse?
Near the book’s end, Elie describes himself as this when looking in a mirror.
What is a corpse (or "a corpse was contemplating me")?
To avoid being selected for death, Elie lies about these 2 things when he first arrives at Auschwitz.
What is his age and occupation?
This infamous doctor presided over selections at Auschwitz.
Who is Dr. Josef Mengele?
Elie’s mother and sisters are immediately separated from him and his father upon arrival at this camp.
What is Auschwitz-Birkenau?
What do the spoon and knife that Elie's father gives him symbolize?
What is Elie's inheritance?
The final concentration camp where Elie is liberated.
What is Buchenwald?
After surgery on his foot, Elie and his father decide to evacuate instead of staying behind in this camp.
What is Buna?
When Elie witnesses the hanging of a young boy, he describes his soup as tasting like....
What are corpses?
Elie’s father dies of this cause shortly before liberation.
What is dysentery (or exhaustion and beatings)?
This woman comforts Elie after he is beaten by Idek, later revealing she is Jewish.
Who is the French girl?
In a moment of desperation, Elie witnesses a son abandon his father for this item.
What is a piece of bread?
At Buna, prisoners were hanged publicly to discourage this.
What is rebellion or resistance?
Elie is horrified when he sees Rabbi Eliahou’s son doing this during the death march.
What is abandoning his father?
Before deportation, Elie is eager to study this branch of Jewish mysticism.
What is Kabbalah?
During the death march from Buna, prisoners face this harsh weather condition.
What is snow/freezing temperatures?