Night Chapter 1 people, places, and things

Question 1

moishe the beadle

Answer 1

elie’s religious mentor

Question 2

sighet

Answer 2

a town in transylvania where elie lived

Question 3

transylvania

Answer 3

a region on romaina where the story starts

Question 4

talmud

Answer 4

a collection of rabbinic commentary on biblical text that form the torah

Question 5

synagogue

Answer 5

a place of worship and learning in judaism

Question 6

ghetto

Answer 6

a place where hitler stored the jews before sending them to work camps

Question 7

kabbalah

Answer 7

a method of discipline and schooling of thought that originated in judism

Question 8

hilda bea elie tzipora

Answer 8

elie and his sisters

Question 9

zohar

Answer 9

a book that is quoted in this story

Question 10

rosh hashanah

Answer 10

a jewish celebration of the new year

Question 11

zionism

Answer 11

a jewish movement in the 19th century against anti semitism

Question 12

fascist

Answer 12

someone who supports or promotes fascism

Question 13

yellow star

Answer 13

a symbol jews were forced to where to identify themselves as a jew during wwll

Question 14

anti semitism

Answer 14

hostility to or prejudice against jews

Question 15

gestapo

Answer 15

secret nazi state police