Night Chapter 7 - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

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What did the SS order the men to throw out of the train?

clothes

shoes

dead bodies

gold

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What happened when a German workman threw a piece of bread into the wagon?

Men hurled themselves over each other to get to the bread

Men were too stunned to move

Nothing- the men were too malnourished to even reach for the bread

A German workman never threw bread into the wagon.

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

At the beginning of Chapter 8 when the SS officers ordered the men to "form ranks of five," Wiesel held his father's hand. Why?

Wiesel's father started crying loudly and Wiesel was trying to comfort him

The SS officer ordered families to stay together

Wiesel's father could hardly stand

He was afraid of losing his father

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was the weather like while the men were on the train?

The narrator doesn't know, There were no windows on the train

Warm, spring day

Heavy rainfall, dangerous for traveling

Snow, snow, snow

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How old is Eliezer at the end of Chapter 7?

Fourteen

Sixteen

Eighteen

Twenty

6.

Multiple Choice

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When the train arrived in Buchenwald, how many of the 100 men were left in the wagon?

One- the narrator

Twelve

Fifty

All of the 100 men

7.

Multiple Choice

15 mins

1 pt

The Nazis were throwing out the dead Jews from the train. How did Elie help his father when this was happening?

He dumped a little bit of water over his father's head.

He hid his father behind a bunch of prisoners.

He pinched his father on the arm lightly so he would wake.

He shook and slapped his father violently to wake him.

8.

Multiple Choice

15 mins

1 pt

Where had the prisoners arrived?

Buchenwald

Bergen-Belsen

Chelmo

Dachau

9.

Multiple Choice

15 mins

1 pt

True or False: At the end of chapter 7, both Elie and his father are alive.

True.

False.

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What happens when German workmen throw scraps of bread in the train car?

The Jews fight each other to the death for a few crumbs

The starving prisoners share the food equally

The Jews give the bread crumbs to the weakest people

The SS decides who gets the extra ration of bread

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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What kind of work did Meir Katz do at Buna?

He was in the building unit

He was a gardener

He was a chef

He was a housekeeper

12.

Multiple Choice

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When they arrive at Buchenwald, who was able to get out of the train car?

The remaining prisoners who could stand

The most feeble and sick prisoners

The dead bodies

Nobody

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In order to "resist the cold" what did the people in the convoy do?

Fight

Scream

Huddle together

Jumping Jacks

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The prisoners felt that they would survive

True

False

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When Elie Wiesel says, "The night was growing longer, neverending", he is...

speaking literally

speaking metaphorically

hopeful in tone

both speaking literally and symbolically

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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What is a recurring motif that appears again on the first page of this chapter?

Biblical allusion

Comparing the setting to a cemetary

People screaming

Dehumanization of the Jewish people

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How did most people react to the dead being thrown "from the wagon like a sack of flour"?

They were glad

They were devastated

They showed no emotion

They felt empty

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Elie saves his father by...

hugging him

hitting him repeatedly

prying his eyes open

propping his body up behind another person

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Germans watched the wagon roll by, unsurprised. A worker threw food to the starving men...

out of kindness

as a gesture of good will

to watch them scrabble like animals

but we don't know his intentions

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When a German throws bread on the train, his action is interrupted with what literary device and why is this literary device used?

flashback to show how Elie's life had changed

flashforward to help people see that charity can be cruel

flashback to teach the readers a lesson

flashforward to show Elie dislikes people who give to others

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

During the fight over the bread,

a father killed a son

Elie shared bread with his father

Elie tried to get a piece but was hit away

a son killed his father and then was killed by two others

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who is Meir Katz?

A gardener from Buna

A man who gave up and remained on the train to die

Shlomo's friend who gave them green vegetables

All of the above

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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What was described as "contagious"?

Moaning and cries of distress

Dysentery

Hunger

All of the above

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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During the train ride, Elie wakes up in the middle of the night to find someone....

strangling him

stealing bread from him

attempting to kill his father

screaming about fire

25.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

During the train ride, what do the officers five the prisoners eat?

stale bread

soup

nothing, they must eat snow

rotten meat

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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When Weisel describes the bodies being thrown out the train "like bags of flour," what literary device is the author using?

metaphor

simile

symbolism

allusion

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In this chapter, the word "Night" most clearly represents all of the following EXCEPT.

the time during when the trains are on the move

the anguish and pain and misery the prisoners are suffering from

the lack of hope the prisoners have

the darkness that overtakes people when they are in a miserable and desperate situation

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