When Elie is in the hospital what is he most frightened about?
selections were more numerous there
How do Elie and his father survive the first selection?
they lie about their age
Elie is shocked to see Rabbi Eliahou's son do what?
tries to leave his father on purpose
What is a theme (universal message) Wiesel tries to convey in Night
People's will to survive can cause people to lose all sense of humanity etc.
Where does Elie live before being deported?
Sighet, Transylvania; near Hungary
Describe life in the ghettos.
Not particularly harsh. Nazis slowly took away rights to create a sense of normalcy
In a flash forward, who does Elie run into in Paris?
The French Girl
What do the Jews wish to do after being liberated?
To eat, to rest, and to sleep with girls
How did the townsfolk react to Moise the Beadle after returning from deportation?
they did not believe his stories and thought he was mad
How does Moishe escape from being executed?
pretends to be dead after being shot in the leg
Night is considered to be of what genre of literature?
Memoir
What is Elie's inheritance?
A knife and a spoon
What does Elie do after discovering the death of his father?
he is secretly and falls back asleep
Elie has the chance to stay behind at the hospital at Buna but chooses to march forward, what would have resulted if he and his father stayed behind?
They would have been rescued
When does Elie see his mother and sister again?
He does not, they perish in the Holocaust
What does Elie's father think he is too young for?
to study the Kabbalah
