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  Night (pages 98-115) 1)      How does Elie feel after the death of his father?    He wants to feel bad, but he can't, he in essence feels relieved in a way knowing he can focus on his strength and not have to take care of his father anymore, 2)       Why do the Germans decide to liquidate Buchenwald and evacuate the prisoners? They know that American's are coming to take over the camp. 3)       What stops the final evacuation of the prisons from camp? It is to late for them to leave so they have to wait until the morning 4)      What is the first act of the prisoners after the Americans begin to arrive? They go and get food and water until they are fool and they eat some more. 5)      What stares back at Elie at the end of the novel? The living corpse of him. He didn't know how malnourished and awful they treated him. Short Answer: Minimum 4-5 sentences Relate this c...

NIGHT (pages 85-97)  CHARACTERS: Detail everything you know about them (physical description, personality, etc.): Rabbi Eliahou: He gets trampled and his son leaves him behind to die. Juliek: He plays the Violin and dies in this chapter. He is a boy who also is smaller than most  SETTING: Detail the time and place the story begins: Where was reached at the end of the chapter? They got to a train where  they will be transported somewhere else. How long did the refugees run? 20 km IN-TEXT QUESTIONS: Infer the answer from the text (Minimum 1-2 sentences): How does Rabbi Eliahou and his son create a foreshadow for Elie’s future? Because he leaves his father in the dust when he runs out of energy and falls. Eli's father is also starting to get weak and may end up not making it.  LITERARY ELEMENTS: SIMILIES AND METAPHORS: GIVE FOUR EXAMPLES  "We were no longer marching, we were running. Like automatons."  "It stuck to me like glue."   "His voice was dam...

  Night (pages 66-84) CHARACTERS: Detail everything you know about them (physical description, personality, etc.): Akiba Drummer: He is a old, skinnny man who's work in Buna.  SETTING: Detail the time and place the story begins: What time of year is it? Winter time What holidays are the prisoners celebrating?  Yom Kippur IN-TEXT QUESTIONS: Infer the answer from the text (Minimum 1-2 sentences): What is “selection”?  Selection is when they pick the strong from the weak to determine who gets killed. Why does Elie hate the bell? Because no matter what he is doing the bell can always make him do something else. What might the bell be a symbol for? It is a symbol for the leader  What two things does Elie’s Father give to him before going to the “Decisive Selection”? A knife and a spoon LITERARY ELEMENTS: ALLUSIONS: Rosh Hashanah (Pg. 66): Rosh Hashana a Jewish holiday that is basically there new year except in september Sodom (Pg. 68): Sodom was a city that was destr...

NIGHT (pages 47-66) CHARACTERS: Detail everything you know about them (physical description, personality, etc.): Head of the Tent (Pg. 48): He was fat and liked the girls at the camp  Juliek: Juliek is a young man from Warsaw and he plays the violin.  Franek: Franek is Polish. He wants Elie's golden crown, it is made of gold.  Idek: Idek is a Kapo, and he has random fits of anger and you should try and avoid him. SETTING: Detail the time and place the story begins: In which camp does Chapter Four begin? Buna IN-TEXT QUESTIONS: Infer the answer from the text (Minimum 1-2 sentences): What job did Elie end up receiving? Elie got the job of counting bolts and bulbs and other small things.  Why is Elie whipped in the warehouse? Elie saw Idek and a Polish girl "half naked, on a straw mat." Elie ended up getting caught looking because he laughed.   List the victims who were hung, if not by name then by stature. One little boy and two male adults. LITERARY ELEMENTS...

  CHARACTERS: Detail everything you know about them (physical description, personality, etc.): Dr. Josef Mengele:  He is a German with a lot of power however he had also done many awful tests on twins. Elie:  He realizes how awful these concentration camps are and he is getting used to not standing out and staying quiet Stein of Antwerp:  Has a family of a wife and his kids Akiba Drummer:  Has a deep voice and preaches about god SETTING: Detail the time and place the story is presently at: Detail the routine the prisoners were forced to endure after they first entered Auschwitz. In the morning they got black coffee, for lunch they got soup, for dinner they got bread, and at 9pm they went to bed. How long did the deportees stay at Auschwitz? They stayed for 3 weeks and then got moved to a different camp What’s the name of the second camp they attended? Buna IN-TEXT QUESTIONS: Infer the answer from the text (Minimum 1-2 sentences): Why did Elie lie to St...

  CHARACTERS: Detail everything you know about them (physical description, personality, etc.): Madam Schachter:  She thought that she was seeing fire and was screaming about it. Her son was trying to get her to stop, but then she got beat. Elie:  He knew who Madam Schachter was and when he listened to her son tell her that there was nothing there it made her very sad. SETTING: Detail the time and place the story is presently at: Where were the prisoners brought?   Auschwitz. How were they transported?  Train cattle cars IN-TEXT QUESTIONS: Infer the answer from the text (Minimum 1-2 sentences): Describe the treatment of Madam  Schachter . Why is she treated this way?  She was tied up and beat as her son watched it happen. The reason this happened is because she wouldn't stop screaming and it was making people scared. LITERARY ELEMENTS: SIMILES  AND METAPHORS: THREE EXAMPLES INCLUDING THE FIRE MADAM SCHACHTER  SEES  AND WHAT IT MIGHT REPRE...

  Moishe the Beadle: He is more of a poor man. However he once died and came back to life and is trying to educate people about it, but they will not listen. Elie:  She is a 15 year old girl who is the second youngest in her family of 6. Elie’s Father:  Not the bravest soul, and he puts his community over his family because he is the leader/ruler. SETTING: Detail the time and place the story begins: When does the story begin?  1941 What year is it at the end of Chapter One?  1942 Where does Elie live?  Transylvania   IN-TEXT QUESTIONS: Infer the answer from the text (Minimum 1-2 sentences): Describe where Moishe the Beadle is taken and what happens to him. He was taken to be killed, although he suffered a wound it was only to the leg and he was able to escape wounded, but not dead. Describe the treatment Moishe the Beadle is given when he returns. He was basically looked at like a crazy person who was delusional. Nobody listened to him as he was tryin...