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Night Chapter Questions

Night Chapter Questions. By Elie Wiesel. Chapter 1. What steps did the Germans take to limit the Jew’s freedom and to deport them to concentration camps? Why did the people refuse to believe Moshe’s story?. Chapter 2. Describe Mrs. Schachter’s behavior.

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Night Chapter Questions

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  1. NightChapter Questions By Elie Wiesel

  2. Chapter 1 • What steps did the Germans take to limit the Jew’s freedom and to deport them to concentration camps? • Why did the people refuse to believe Moshe’s story?

  3. Chapter 2 • Describe Mrs. Schachter’s behavior. • How did the other prisoners respond? • Analyze. Why did you think they responded this way? Assess their responses.

  4. Chapter 3 • Why must Elie, upon his arrival, lie to the first SS officer? • What process do the prisoners undergo after they pass the selection that degrades and dehumanizes them?

  5. Chapter 3 • Is the advice that tells prisoners to support and to help each other as brothers sound advice? Explain. • In what ways can we see Elie beginning to change because of his experience? • Why does the boy, Elie, lie to Stein about his wife? Was this good?

  6. Chapter 4 How does Elie react when his father is being beaten by Franke? What is ironic about his reaction? Why didn’t the prisoners attempt to get soup from the unprotected cauldrons, and why did they hate the man who did try?

  7. Chapter 4 • Why did the hanging of the young pipel affect Elie so deeplly? • What instances of human compassion and dignity occur in this chapter?

  8. Chapter 5 • Why does Elie regard the weak, starving prisoners as stronger than God? • How does Elie show his rebellion against God? Do you find this rebellion ironic?

  9. Chapter 5 • What advice is given to the prisoners befoe a selection? Why is this advice given? • Why does Akiba Drumer lose the will to live?

  10. Chapters 6-7 • What keeps Elie from allowing himself to die during the forced march? • In what was does the scene in the wagon between Meir and Meir’s father contrast to the relationship of Elie and his father?

  11. Chapter 6-7 • Why does Juliek play his violin as he lays dying in the mass of bodies? • In what was is the fight for bread on the train wagon similar to the scene that occurs years later on the passenger boat?

  12. Chapters 8-9 • How do Elie’s attitude and feelings towards his father begin to resemble that of Rabbi Eliahou’s son? What does he feel when his father dies and why?

  13. Chapters 8-9 • What does Elie see in the mirror when he looks at his reflection for the first time since his imprisonment? In what ways is his reflected image symbolic of his internal self as well as a description of his physical appearance?

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