Name ______________________

 

Class ______________________

 

Date _______________________

 

 

Identify the following characters.  (Do not forget to include which book they are in.)

 

1)      Uncle Hendrik

 

 

 

2)      “sad-eyed angel”

 

 

 

3)      Annemarie Johansen

 

 

 

4)      Lise

 

 

 

5)      Elie Wiesel

 

 

 

6)      Ellen Rosen

 

 

 

Short Answer.  Answer in complete sentences.

 

1)      How are the friendships different in Night and Number the Stars?

 

 

 

 

 

2)      How are the main characters and their families different in Night and Number the Stars?

 

 

 

 

 

     3)  What are some of the internal and external conflicts in Night?

 

 

 

 

 

4)      How do Elie and his father’s relationship change through the course of Night?

 

 

 

 

 

5)      Do you think the two main characters of the books experience the same kind of      fear?  Back-up your answer with examples from the book.

 

 

 

 

 

6)      Identify one theme in Night.

 

 

 

 

7)  Identify one theme in Number the Stars.

 

 

 

 

8)      What are the settings of the two books and how do those setting affect the mood of the book?

 

 

 

 

 

9)      Using examples from Number the Stars, explain how civil disobedience against German occupation was achieved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Essay.  Write one page on one of the following questions.  Use a clean sheet of lined paper.

 

At the heart of Number the Stars is the friendship between Ellen and Annemarie and their respective families, the Rosens and the Johansens.  Discuss ways in which friendships helped to make the characters more willing to help one another.

 

Before any group of people is abused by another, dehumanization takes place so that the abuse can seem justified.  Using examples from Night, describe how the Nazis dehumanized the Jews (subtly or overtly) in order to justify their treatment of them.

 

Through all the hardships of the camp, Wiesel stayed with his father.  Did his father’s presence help or hinder his own survival?  Explain.