Night Reading Guide Name______
Pages 13-31.
1. Why does Eliezer pray, and why does he cry when he prays?
2. Why don't the people believe Moche's stories?
3. – 5. Cite examples of how the Jews gradually lost their freedom.
A. / B. / C.Pages 32-37.
6. What does Madam Shachter's nightmare about a fire foreshadow?
7. – 10. Where does the train finally stop? Describe what Eliezer sees, smell, hear, and feel.
See: / Smell:Hear: / Feel:
Pages 38-54.
11. When questioned by the SS officer, why does Elie lie about his occupation and age?
12. Why does Elie disbelieve what his own eyes show him?
13. Why is Elie now reluctant to pray?
Pages 55-72.
14. Why is Elie summoned to the dentist?
15. How does Elie react to his father's beating?
16. Why is the hanging of the "sad-eyed angel" one of the most profoundly moving events in the novel?
Pages 73-90.
17. – 18. What is selection? Describe the process.
Pages 91-108.
19. Why couldn't Elie allow himself to die?
20. – 21. Why does Juliek play the violin? What might it symbolically represent?
22. – 23. Compare how other boys treat their fathers with Eliezer's treatment of his father. How might you respond in this situation?
Pages 109-119.
24. - 25. Why can't Eliezer weep at his father's death? How might you react to losing a parent?
26. - 27. When he is finally free, Elie wishes to see himself in the mirror. Why can't he ever forget the look in the eye of the corpse that gazes back at him? How is Elie changed forever?
28. - 29. What is your reaction to the novel Night? How did it affect you personally?
30. Why do you think it is important to learn about the Holocaust?