People
Who is the narrator of the novel Night?
Elie Wiesel
What country are Hitler and the Nazis most associated with?
Germany
What is a symbol?
A thing that stands for or represents something else.
How many siblings does Elie have?
3 sisters: Hilda, Bea, and Tzipora
Why did Elie go to the infirmary?
His foot was swollen.
Which family member stays with Elie throughout the majority of the novel?
His father, Shlomo Wiesel
Where is Elie Wiesel from?
Sighet, Transylvania, Romania
What is a ghetto?
Confined areas in cities where Jewish people were forced to live.
What did Elie and his father lie about during their first selection?
Their ages, so they would be seen as a better fit to work.
Why are the Jewish people evacuated from the camp at the end of chapter 5?
Rumors of the Red Army approaching. The Red Army would liberate the Jews.
Who is Elie's religious mentor?
Moishe the Beadle
What is the first camp they arrive at in the novel?
Auschwitz-Birkenau
What is dehumanization?
Stripping away or depriving a person of human qualities.
Why is Elie whipped 25 times?
He witnessed Idek, the kapo, having relations with a girl.
What did Rabbi Eliahu’s son do that Elie disagrees with?
He abandoned his father because he was too much of a burden.
Who was the person yelling about fire on the train?
Madame Schachter
What is the name of the labor camp Elie and his father go to after the first selection?
Buna
What is Yom Kippur?
The day of atonement, when the Jewish people fast (they do not eat).
How did Elie avoid having his gold tooth removed by the dentist?
Elie said that he was sick when he visited the dentist. The dentist was arrested before getting the chance to remove Elie's gold tooth.
What is Elie's father sick with at the end of the novel?
Dysentery
Who played the violin?
Juliek
What is the name of the last camp Elie is at, from which he is liberated?
Buchenwald
What is kaddish?
The Jewish prayer for the dead.
What event caused many of the Jewish prisoners to doubt God?
The hanging and suffering of the angelic Pipel.
When did the American forces liberate Buchenwald?
April 1945