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Night-Chapters 7,8,& 9 Test Review
Essay question | Essay answer |
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How did Elie help his father again when they were on the train? | He woke his father up when he was in a deep sleep before the SS soldiers would have thrown him off the train with all the dead bodies assuming that he was dead. Elie woke him just in time to save his life. |
Describe the scene that Elie witnessed between the father and the son . | Elie sees an old man dragging himself towards the bread. The old man's son beats him to death to take his bread from him. After killing his father and getting his bread the son is also attacked and killed for his bread. |
How many got out of the wagon? Where have they arrived? | 12 exited the train at Buchenwald. |
Explain how the father/son roles have been reversed in the case of Elie and his father? | Elie Is forced to take care of his own father. His father lies down in the snow and asks Elie to leave him there to rest. Elie takes on the responsibility of taking care of his father, who has now become like the child. |
Why was Elie's father being beaten? | Because he was sick and calling out loudly. |
What happened on April 5? | April 5 is the beginning of the end of the Nazi rule over the Jewish people in Europe. This was also the day that the rations of soup and bread stopped being handed out. |
What's was the resistance movement? What did they do? | The resistance movement was people within the concentration camp who rebelled against the guards. They took control of the camp until they were liberated by the Americans. |
What did the prisoners do when they were freed? | The prisoners could think only of food once they were freed from the concentration camps. |
What do the men of the camp do to celebrate Rosh Hashanah? | The men of the camp meet as a group to pray. |
What title does Elie give himself in his relationship with God? | "Accuser" and "disbeliever." |
How do the Jews typically celebrate Yom Kippur (the day of atonement)? | The Jews typically fast (which means they do not eat). |
What New Year's "gift" does the S.S. give the prisoners? | Selection |
What advice does the head of the block give to them when the S.S. doctors come for their inspection? | Their advice is to run. |
What does Elie's father give him as an "inheritance"? | A knife and spoon. |
What happens to Akiba Drumer" | Akiba is selected. He lost his will to live. |
What causes Elie to go see the doctor? | His foot is injured and infected with frostbite. |
What happened to the men who remained behind at the hospital? | They were liberated. (Freed) |
What do the doctors do to Eli at the hospital? | They gave him surgery. |
Did Elie and his father decide to stay at the hospital? | They decide to leave. |
How did the men travel to Gleiwitz? | They ran. |
What was the weather like during the trip to Gleiwitz? | Blizzard conditions. Extremely cold. |
What happens to anyone who is too slow on the trip? | They are shot. |
Why does Elie will himself to keep going? | Because of his father. |
Does the Rabbi's son make sure to stay with his own father during the trip? | No-the Rabbi's own son does NOT stay with his father. Elie lied about seeing it. |
What does Elie hear amidst the mass of dead and living bodies at Gleiwitz? | He hears the sound of a violin. |
Has Elie lost his faith in God? | Yes. He has lost his faith in God. |
Is this sentence true or false? Juliek is shot on the way to Gleiwitz because he cannot keep up with the other men. | This is false. |