Name ____________________

Date _______ Night by Elie Wiesel

Eng 9/10 Novel Wkshp
Directions: Use what you know from your readings of Night to
answer the following questions.
Discussion Questions, Pages 21-43

1. Why did the Hungarian lieutenant move among the prisoners

with a basket?
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2. Who was Madame Schachter?

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3. Why did his father wish Eliezer had gone with his mother?

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4. Who were the SS men?
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5. What was Eliezer’s last view of his mother and
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6. Why did Eliezer and his father lie to Dr. Mengele?

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7. What was actually happening to the women?

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8. What is the Kaddish?

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9. According to the SS officer, what was the only way to avoid

the furnaces?
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10. Why did the gypsy strike Eliezer’s father?
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11. To what new camp were the prisoners marched?
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