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DUE DATE: 5/2/14 (also your 4-6 quiz date)
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Night Reading Guide Questions (Chs. 4-6)
Directions: Read each question carefully. Some questions have more than one question, and some ask
for you to give direct evidence or citations from the text. Failure to answer each question in its entirety
will negatively affect your grade. It is not necessary to provide complete sentences for this assignment.
*A 10 point penalty will be assessed for each day late.*
Chapter 4
1. How does Elie first characterize Buna?
2. What does Elie imply about the motives of his tent leader in his affection for
children?
3. What did Elie get in exchange for his shoes?
4. What was the dentist actually looking for?
5. Why does Elie say his father had not moved them to Palestine while there was still
time?
6. Where does Elie say he will go if liberated from the concentration camp?
7. What was Elie entitled to have?
8. Who was Alphones?
9. What embarrassing situation does Elie discover him in one day?
10.What did Elie do when he saw it?
11.What infraction was Elie charged with?
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12.What was his penalty?
13.Why does Elie say his father “must have suffered more” than he did?
14.What incidents caused the SS to leave their lookout posts and shut off the power
to the electric fences?
15.While the SS were taking shelter, what was the man from Block 37 doing and
where was he going?
16.How long did the raid last?
17.How many people were killed?
Chapter 5
18.What was the atmosphere of the camp on the last day of the year?
19.As Elie began to question God, what is his tone of voice?
20.What contrast does Elie draw between Adam, Noah, and Sodom and the men in
the concentration camp?
21.What theme in Night does this contrast support?
22.Briefly describe how Elie had come to feel on this day in relation to his God?
23.When Elie went looking for his father, what was he afraid of?
24.What were the two reasons Elie gave for not fasting on the Day of Atonement?
Chapter 6
25.Who was Rabbi Eliahou?
26.What had happened to his son?
27.What terrible thought came to Elie’s mind?
28.As a result, what prayer did Elie make to his God, Lord of the Universe?
29.Why did “death” no longer need the help of the guards?
30.What was the name of the new concentration camp?
31.What musical instrument did Juliek play?
32.While laying in the shed, trying not to be crushed beneath the bodies of other
prisoners, what strange thing did Elie hear?
33.Whatever happened to Juliek and his violin?
34.During selection, what happened to Elie’s father?
35.How did Elie rescue him?
36.Upon leaving the camp, what type of train cars did the prisoners ride in?
37.How many prisoners were there per car?
DUE DATE: 5/2/14 (also your 4-6 quiz date)
Write your answers on a blank sheet of paper. Be sure to number your answers and sections.
2013-2014
English II
Rivera
Assigned on 4/25/14