Night by Elie Wiesel
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Section 4, pages 47 – 65
1. What lesson does Wiesel learn when the Kommando’s aide asks to trade a ration of bread and margarine
for his shoes?
2. Why isn’t Louis, a well-known violinist from Holland, allowed to play Beethoven?
3. Describe Wiesel's encounter with the dentist.
4. What are the only things in which Wiesel takes an interest?
5. What does Elie Wiesel do when Idek hit his father? What is he thinking?
6. Who takes Wiesel's gold tooth? Why does Wiesel give it up? What is the end result of this experience?
7. How do Wiesel and the other inmates feel as the factory is being bombed?
8. What happens to the young boy from Warsaw? Why? How does the soup taste this evening?
9. What is a pipel and why are they hated?
10. Describe the incident involving the Oberkapo and his pipel. How does the soup taste this evening? What
does Wiesel actually mean?
Section 5, pages 66 – 84
1. Why does Wiesel not participate in the Rosh Hashanah prayers? What are his feelings towards God?
2. What is Wiesel's decision about fasting on Yom Kippur? Why does he make that decision? Wiesel says
that he feels a great void opening deep inside him. What does he mean?
3. What advice is Wiesel given before the selection?
4. What is Wiesel's "inheritance" from his father? Why is his father giving it to him?
5. For what reasons do the men forget to say the Kaddish for Akiba Drumer?
6. Why is it important that Wiesel heal quickly after his foot surgery?
7. What happens to the patients who stay in the hospital instead of being evacuated?
8. What is the last thing the head of the block orders the men to do before they evacuate? Why?
Night by Elie Wiesel
Name ______________________________________
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Section 4, pages 47 – 65
1. What lesson does Wiesel learn when the Kommando’s aide asks to trade a ration of bread and margarine
for his shoes?
2. Why isn’t Louis, a well-known violinist from Holland, allowed to play Beethoven?
3. Describe Wiesel's encounter with the dentist.
4. What are the only things in which Wiesel takes an interest?
5. What does Elie Wiesel do when Idek hit his father? What is he thinking?
6. Who takes Wiesel's gold tooth? Why does Elie give it up? What is the end result of this experience?
7. How do Wiesel and the other inmates feel as the factory is being bombed?
8. What happens to the young boy from Warsaw? Why? How does the soup taste this evening?
9. What is a pipel and why are they hated?
10. Describe the incident involving the Oberkapo and his pipel. How does the soup taste this evening? What
does Wiesel actually mean?
Section 5, pages 66 – 84
1. Why does Wiesel not participate in the Rosh Hashanah prayers? What are his feelings towards God?
2. What is Wiesel's decision about fasting on Yom Kippur? Why does he make that decision? Wiesel says
that he feels a great void opening deep inside him. What does he mean?
3. What advice is Wiesel given before the selection?
4. What is Wiesel's "inheritance" from his father? Why is his father giving it to him?
5. For what reasons do the men forget to say the Kaddish for Akiba Drumer?
6. Why is it important that Wiesel heal quickly after his foot surgery?
7. What happens to the patients who stay in the hospital instead of being evacuated?
8. What is the last thing the head of the block orders the men to do before they evacuate? Why?