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"Night" Chapters 7-9
Test May 21, 2011
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9th Grade
05/18/2011

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After the transport train stopped in the middle of the field, what orders were given?
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How did the prisoners respond to these orders?
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How did Elie save his father's life?
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10 days and nights
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How long did they travel in the open cattle cars?
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At one stop, a workman tossed in a piece of bread. What happened? Why did they behave this way?
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What did other workman and spectators do?
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Why do you suppose Elie then tells a story about the woman throwing coins to the natives?
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Throughout this chapter, how does Elie view the average German civilian?
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What scene did Elie witness? At the end of this scene, why do you suppose Elie tells us that he was sixteen?
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During the last day of their jouney, what happened?
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Of the hundred men who had gotten on the train with Elie, how many got out?
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What does the death of Meir Kayz suggest?
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Buchenwald
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Where did the remaining prisoners finally arrive?
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After they arrived, the prisoners were supposed to shower. What did Elie's father want to do?
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Why did Elie shout at his father?
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What finally forced them inside the block?
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The next day when Elie went in search of his father, what was his fleeting hope?
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Weakened further by dysentery, the father could not get out of his bunk. What further injury did some of the inmates do to him?
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What advice did the block leader give Elie?
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After lying ill for over a week, what finally happened to Elie's father?
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How long was Elie's stay at Bychenwald? What were his thoughts during this time?
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How did the prisoners know that the end of the war was near?
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What did the prisoners think was going to happen to them?
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What did the Germans decide to do with the prisoners?
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Before all the prisoners could be evacuated, though, what happened?
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Several hours later, what happened?
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What comments did Weisel make about the prisoners' actions after liberation?
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What happened after Elie was liberated?
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What is the last line of Night? What does this line suggest?
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Why do you suppose that Weisel always refers to his persecutors as Germans or S.S., but never Nazis?
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