Question

Read the excerpt from Night below and answer the question.

“The baton pointed to the left. I took half a step forward. I first wanted to see where they would send my
father. Were he to have gone to the right, I would have run after him
The baton, once more, moved to the left. A weight lifted from my heart.
We did not know, as yet, which was the better side, right or left, which road led to prison and which to the
crematoria. Still, I was happy, I was near my father. Our procession continued slowly to move forward.”

Which of the following best summarizes the central concern of the narrator in this excerpt?

A) Eliezer would rather risk death than be separated from his father.

B)Eliezer will learn to survive on his own.

C) The sorting of the prisoners by sex and age was very sensible.

D) Dr. Mengele was secretly a kind person because he wanted to keep Eliezer and his father together.

Answer 1

* Eliezer would rather risk death than be separated from his father.

Explanation:

As all of the people in the line were passing through a very difficult and distressing moment in this part of "Night" by Elie Wiesel, we can he that even when he was worried about whether his father and himself were going to live or not, he was also happy for being with him and he wanted to keep it that way no matter what happened to them it was more bearable if it was together.

Answer 2

The one that best summarizes the central concern of the narrator in this excerpt is:

* Eliezer would rather risk death than be separated from his father.

Step-by-step explanation:

As all of the people in the line were passing through a very difficult and distressing moment in this part of "Night" by Elie Wiesel, we can he that even when he was worried about whether his father and himself were going to live or not, he was also happy for being with him and he wanted to keep it that way no matter what happened to them it was more bearable if it was together.