Night Test
How many prisoners survived the train trip to Buchenwald?
12
What is the inheritance that Elie's father leaves his son?
A knife and a spoon
What is the "fine New Year's gift" that the SS give to the prisoners?
A selection
Why won't the first doctor who comes along help Elie's father?
Because the doctor is a surgeon
Where does Elie go with his father after being in Auschwiz?
Buna
What are the prisoners stunned to see as they leave the cattle car?
Chimneys belonging to crematoreis
What is that Elie's father is suffering from?
Dysentery
What happens to the Wiesel family when they arrive at Birkenau?
Elie and his father are separated form Tzipora and his mother
Who saves Elie from being strangled by another prisoner?
Elie's father and Meir Katz
What illness does Elie suffer from after being liberated?
Food poisoning
Why isn't Elie sure about reciting the Kaddish?
He is losing faith in God
On their train trip to Germany, Elie saves his father when he is nearly thrown off the train. Why was he nearly thrown out?
He is mistaken for dad, but Elie wakes him up
How is Elie able to keep his gold crown?
He lies and says that he is sick
How does an SS officer react when Elie's father doesn't quiet down?
He strikes him in the head
What does a prisoner tell the Wiesels?
He tells Elie and Elie's dad to lie about their ages
What happens to Elie's father at the end of the chapter?
His body is taken away during the night
During Yom Kippur, why does Elie decide to avoid Fasting?
His father urges him to eat, he wants to rebel against God
Why does Elie go to the hospital?
His foot swells up.
What does Franek demand from Elie?
His gold crown
After being seperarted from his father, where does Elie later find him?
In the block where prisoners were given coffee
What horrible thing does Elie witness a son, Meir , do to his father?
Kill him over food
During what Jewish celebration does Elie decide to not ask God for forgiveness?
Rosh Hashanah
What lie does Elie tell his cousin Stein?
Stien's family is doing well
What happens when the resistance movement takes action?
The SS flee the camp
What does the head of the camp announce during a roll call?
The camp will be liquidated
What tattoos do the prisoners receive?
They are tattooed with an identification letter/number pattern
Elie and his father decide to leave Buna when the Germans evacuate the camp. What would have happened if they had remained at Buna?
They would have been liberated by the Russians
Who treats Elie nicely? After the war, he later sees this person on a train.
a French girl at his job place
When Elie looks at himself in the mirror what does he see staring back at him?
a corpse
Where are Elie and his father sent to work?
a warehouse where they count electrical parts
What do several Germans throw into the cattle car/ Prisoners begin fighting over what is thrown inside.
bread
Elie and the prisoners are witnesses to a young man being hanged. Afterwards, he describes the taste of the food that night. Elie says that the food tastes like...?
death
What does a German solider tell all those aboard the cattle car?
if any of them escape, they will all be killed
What does Madame Schacter scream out continuously?
she screams out the fear of the fire
What does a man try to unsuccessfully steal during an air raid?
soup
Who comes to rescue the prisoners at the camp?
the Americans
How do people aboard the cattle car try to get Madame Schacter to quiet down?
they beat her up and tie her up
During his remaining time at Buchenwald, what is Elie's only desire?
to eat
What is it that Elie's father keeps on begging for? Elie is hesitant in getting him this.
water
The train finally arrives at Aushwitz. At first, how are the prisoners told they will be treated?
well
