Characters & Relationships
This is the religion Elie practices at the beginning of the memoir.
What is Judaism?
Elie lives in this town before the Nazis arrive.
What is Sighet?
Fire in the book is most often associated with this group’s cruelty.
Who are the Nazis?
Elie and his family are taken away in these vehicles.
What are cattle cars?
One message of Night is that people must never forget this historical event.
What is the Holocaust?
This person is the family member Elie stays with throughout most of the camps.
Who is his father?
The Jews of Sighet are forced to wear this symbol on their clothing.
What is the yellow star?
This theme is reflected when Elie questions why God allows suffering.
What is loss of faith or struggling with faith?
At the first selection, prisoners are separated into two groups: those who work and those who do this.
What is die or go to the crematoria?
Elie believes we must not stay silent when we see this happening to others.
What is:
injustice?
unfair treatment?
cruelty?
This woman on the train screams about seeing a fire, foreshadowing the crematoria.
Who is Madame Schächter?
Jews were transported to camps using this type of train car.
What are cattle cars?
Fire and flames symbolize this recurring idea in the memoir.
What is destruction or cruelty of the Nazis?
!!! Daily Double !!!
If you were a filmmaker adapting Night, this specific scene might require the most careful handling due to its emotional intensity.
What is:
the scene of the hanging?
the death march?
Elie's first night?
Elie's father's death
Elie’s experience shows how important it is for people to protect these basic human freedoms.
What are human rights?
This musician continues to play the violin in the snow even when he is dying.
Who is Juliek?
If modern technology like social media or smartphones existed in 1944, this might have changed how the deportations unfolded.
What is:
increased documentation
faster spread of warnings
global awareness
The title Night symbolizes this larger concept.
What is:
darkness
despair
suffering
hopelessness
Elie lies to this SS officer about his age and profession in order to survive.
Who is Dr. Mengele?
The memoir teaches that staying silent can allow this to grow stronger.
What is evil?
!!!! Daily Double !!!!!
If Elie had formed more peer‑based friendships instead of relying mainly on his father, this might have changed this specific aspect of his survival.
What is:
his emotional resilience
sense of support
decision-making in moments of crisis
The year in which Elie and his family are deported.
What is 1944
Elie's refusal to abandon his father even when pressured reflects this theme.
What is:
family
loyalty
moral responsibility
This event occurs the night Elie’s father dies.
What is the guards beating his father or Elie waking up to find him taken away?
Based on Elie’s experiences, this principle might guide how we react to injustice today.
What is:
speaking out?
defending human rights?
refusing to be silent?