Night chapter 5 reading guide
1 create a few chart
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2 reread the following line from the text. the old men stayed in the corner set motories, hot-down
creatures why does the author use the term hunted-down creatures to describe the old mon? why does this
term apply to the old men?

3. at the beginning of chapter 5, the author asks many questions concerning his fath and religion what to
does the author create by asking questions? what realization does the author come to at the end of his
questioning? what does this reveal about the author?

4 a few times in chapter 5, the author uses an ellipsis. sometimes, an ellipsis is used when an author has
traded off and left a sentence or thought unfinished explain why the author uses an ipsis in one example
from the chapter what are we readers) left to wonder about or draw a conclusion about?

5 what changes have occurred to elie's faith? cite evidence from the story

6 explain what happened to both elie and his father during the selections

7. how are the knife and spoon given to elie by his father symbolic? what do they represent?

8. what would have happened if elie had stayed in the hospital instead of joining the evacuation? why did he
choose to be evacuated even though his foot had not healed?