1. Adversity – Night and Gran Torino
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2. PLOT
CHARACTERS
SETTING
THEME
LIT DEVICES 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50

3. Plot – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The first encounter the audience has with Walt’s distaste for his grand children
ANSWER:
What is glaring at them at his wife’s funeral?

4. PLOT – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Walt refuses her help with this activity
ANSWER:
What is when Ashley offers to take the chairs to the basement?

5. PLOT – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Specifically what Moshe the Beadle helps Elie study against Elie’s father’s wishes
ANSWER:
What is the Kabbala?

6. PLOT – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The three things that Sue tells Walt when he visits their house
ANSWER:
What are don’t pat Hmoung people on the head, looking people directly in the eye is rude and finally, Hmoung people laugh or smile when they are nervous?

7. PLOT – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The reason for a french girl to risk discovery by saying kind words to Elie.
ANSWER:
What is the result of a severe beating by Idek?

8. CHARACTERS– 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The name of the woman who screams about the fire on the train while her son pleads and her fellow prisoners beat her.
ANSWER:
Who is Madame Schacter

9. CHARACTERS – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The name of the girl who speaks her mind to Walt and every other character in the movie. Intimidated by no one.
ANSWER:
Who is Sue Van Lor?

10. CHARACTERS – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The name of the character who is cousins with Elie’s mother and who desperately wants news about his family
ANSWER:
Who is Stein of Antwerp?

11. CHARACTERS – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The name of the two brothers that Elie works with at Buna
ANSWER:
Who are Yossi and Tibi

12. CHARACTERS – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The name of the man that beats Elie for his gold tooth.
ANSWER:
Who is Franek?

13. SETTING – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The name of the first concentration camp that Elie come to.
ANSWER:
What is Auschwitz?

14. SETTING – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The name of the camp they finally arrive at after their waiting in Auschwitz is done
ANSWER:
What is Buna?

15. SETTING – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The name of the first camp that Elie arrives at after his long march from Buna and before he arrives in Buchenwald.
ANSWER:
What is Gleiwitz?

16. SETTING – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The name of the unit that Elie belonged to when he was separated from his father.
ANSWER:
What is the building or construction unit?

17. SETTING – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
The name of the camp that Elie was forced to march to after being in the hospital
ANSWER:
What is Buchenwald?

18. THEME – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Food is a symbol of this theme
What are the little things that connect people.

19. THEME – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Walt’s unwillingness to confess is a symbol of what theme?
ANSWER:
What is the theme of redemption. He can not find redemption because he can not ask for forgiveness.

20. THEME – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Three characters which illustrate the idea that when hope is lost, death is imminent
ANSWER:
Who are Elie and his father, Rabbi Elihou and his son, Stein of Antwerp, Akiba Drummer, Juliek?

21. THEME – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
This character whose transformation from an introverted, self conscious boy to a young man willing to stand up for what he believes best illustrates the importance of the relationship between a mentor and a mentee
ANSWER:
Who is Thoa Van Lor?

22. THEME – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
This is the final stage of Elie’s relationship with God and his faith. The first stages include; devotion, confusion, and anger.
ANSWER:
What is defiance or rebellion?

23. LITERARY DEVICES – 10 Points
QUESTION:
“Should the fire die out one day, there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars, dead eyes.”
ANSWER:
What is an example of a metaphor?

24. LITERARY DEVICES – 20 Points
QUESTION:
The plot device used when Madame Schachter yells “ Fire! I can see a fire! I can see a fire!”
ANSWER:
What is Foreshadowing?

25. LITERARY DEVICES – 30 Points
QUESTION:
The literary device “truth like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold”
ANSWER:
What is a simile?

26. LITERARY DEVICES – 40 Points
QUESTION:
The object that symbolizes self reflection
ANSWER:
What is the mirror when Walt thinks he has more in common with his neighbors than his own family?

27. LITERARY DEVICES – 50 Points
QUESTION:
The main motif found in Elie Wisel’s novel.
ANSWER:
What is darkness and Night?