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Night

Elie Wiesel

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1 of 5
What is Elie Wiesel's country of origin?

Poland
Germany
Hungary
Romania

2 of 5
When did the Holocaust reach Wiesel's country?

1944
1939
1941
1942

3 of 5
Which concentration camp were Wiesel and his family taken to?

Treblinka
Auschwitz
Bergen-Belsen
Dachau

4 of 5
Why were some publishers reluctant to accept Night?

They had Nazi sympathies.
They thought Wiesel fabricated the story.
They believed the book was too confusing.
They thought it was too pessimistic.

5 of 5
Why was using a fictionalized narrator important to Wiesel?

It allowed him to get some distance from the events.
It enabled him to avoid blame for some of his mistakes.
It protected the identities of his friends and family.
It showed the world that his imagination was intact.

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