Night, Chapter 2

1. What are the conditions inside the cattle car?

2. What do they realize too late when they arrive to Kaschau?

3. Explain what Wiesel means when he writes: The doors clanked shut. We had fallen into the trap, up
to our necks. The doors were nailed, the way back irrevocably cut off. The world had become a
hermetically sealed cattle car.
What was the trap? What happened to their world?

4. Who is Mrs. Schaechter? Describe her behavior in the cattle car. Why does it seem as though she
were possessed by an evil spirit? What theme does Mrs. Schaechters behavior develop?

5. As Mrs. Schaechter continues to behave irrationally, what action do the others take? Why do they
behave this way toward her?

6. At what destination does the train first stop? What are the jews told about why they are stopping,
and how does the news make t hem feel?

7. The last time Mr. Schaechter screams there is a fire, what do the others in the car see and smell?