| Settings | ||
| #1 | The Jews of Sighet, at first, saw nothing wrong with living here since it was 'entirely self-contained.' | Ghettos |
| #2 | It was at this enormous concentration camp that between 1 and 1.6 million people were killed. | Auschwitz |
| #3 | Elie and his family were first exposed to camp life at this reception center for Auschwitz. | Birkenau |
| #4 | This is the location of many of the workhouses and factories at which camp prisoners were forced to work. | Buna |
| #5 | It was at this camp that Juliek, the violinist from Berlin, died. | Gleiwitz |
| Events | ||
| #1 | This is what Madame Schachter hallucinates on the train. | Fire/flames |
| #2 | Franek wants this from Elie. | His gold crown (tooth) |
| #3 | Elie's father dies of this while at Buchenwald. | Dysentery |
| #4 | This is what happens to the sick prisoners who stay behind in the camp when it is evacuated. | They are liberated |
| #5 | Elie is whipped this many times when he sees Idek with the Polish girl. | 25 |
| Characters | ||
| #1 | The first name of Elie's youngest sister, who he last saw waiting in line for the gas chamber. | Tzipora |
| #2 | The first name of Elie's father, whose last word was 'Eliezer.' | Chlomo |
| #3 | The Jews of Sighet did not listen to his warnings about Holocaust atrocities. | Moshe the Beadle |
| #4 | This man's son abandons him during the death march from Buna. | Rabbi Eliahou |
| #5 | Elie lies to this relative from Antwerp, telling him his wife and child are alive and well. | Stein |
| Big Ideas (Themes) | ||
| #1 | Elie Wiesel’s Night shows that it can diminish and even fail when faced with unspeakable horror and suffering. | Faith |
| #2 | This necessity of life dominates the thoughts of most prisoners. | Food |
| #3 | This instinct compels some of the prisoners to fight even their own family members for food and other resources. | Survival/self-preservation |
| #4 | Many prisoners face this internal conflict in their struggle to survive in such dehumanizing and horrible conditions. | Civility vs. savagery (whether or not to justify inhumanity in the name of self-preservation) |
| #5 | This type of relationship is important to Elie, who sees it as a source of strength while in the camps. | Father-son relationship |
| Vocabulary | ||
| #1 | A camp prisoner put in charge of other prisoners. | Kommandos |
| #2 | The Jewish New Year is called this. | Rosh Hashannah |
| #3 | An especially weak or emaciated prisoner. | Muselman |
| #4 | This is a person or group blamed for the problems of an entire society. | Scapegoat |
| #5 | This German word, meaning 'protection squadron,' is what SS stands for. | Schutzstaffel |
| Final Question | |
| State the difference between the actions of Meir (no last name) and Meir Katz. Remember that these are two different characters! | Meir killed his own father for a piece of bread. Meir Katz saved Elie from being strangled for a piece of bread. |