Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
27 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple Choice
What did the SS order the men to throw out of the train?
clothes
shoes
dead bodies
gold
- 2. Multiple Choice
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
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 ChoiceWhat was the weather like while the men were on the train?The narrator doesn't know, There were no windows on the trainWarm, spring dayHeavy rainfall, dangerous for travelingSnow, snow, snow
- 5. Multiple ChoiceHow old is Eliezer at the end of Chapter 7?FourteenSixteenEighteenTwenty
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhen the train arrived in Buchenwald, how many of the 100 men were left in the wagon?One- the narratorTwelveFiftyAll of the 100 men
- 7. Multiple Choice
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 ChoiceWhere had the prisoners arrived?BuchenwaldBergen-BelsenChelmoDachau
- 9. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: At the end of chapter 7, both Elie and his father are alive.True.False.
- 10. Multiple Choice
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
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
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 ChoiceIn order to "resist the cold" what did the people in the convoy do?FightScreamHuddle togetherJumping Jacks
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe prisoners felt that they would surviveTrueFalse
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhen Elie Wiesel says, "The night was growing longer, neverending", he is...speaking literallyspeaking metaphoricallyhopeful in toneboth speaking literally and symbolically
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a recurring motif that appears again on the first page of this chapter?Biblical allusionComparing the setting to a cemetaryPeople screamingDehumanization of the Jewish people
- 17. Multiple Choice
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 ChoiceElie saves his father by...hugging himhitting him repeatedlyprying his eyes openpropping his body up behind another person
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe Germans watched the wagon roll by, unsurprised. A worker threw food to the starving men...out of kindnessas a gesture of good willto watch them scrabble like animalsbut we don't know his intentions
- 20. Multiple Choice
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 ChoiceDuring the fight over the bread,a father killed a sonElie shared bread with his fatherElie tried to get a piece but was hit awaya son killed his father and then was killed by two others
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWho is Meir Katz?A gardener from BunaA man who gave up and remained on the train to dieShlomo's friend who gave them green vegetablesAll of the above
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat was described as "contagious"?Moaning and cries of distressDysenteryHungerAll of the above
- 24. Multiple Choice
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
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
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
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
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags