night study questions for pages 32-54 why does madame schachter scream? why does she later become silent and withdrawn? how do p
eople react the first time she screams? how do they respond when her screams continue? how is she like moshe the beadle? does she, too, know or sense something that others refuse to believe? why do you think the germans take away the inmates’ personal belongings? their clothing? why do they cut off their hair and tattoo a number on each person’s arm? why does much of this section of the book seem to take place at night? how does elie respond when his father is beaten for the first time? how does that response affect the way he sees himself? what does he fear is happening to him? elie tells the reader, “eight words spoken quietly, indifferently, without emotion. eight short simple words.” what are those words and why is elie unable to forget them? how do
