Question

Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of Night. Lying down was not an option, nor could we all sit down. We decided to take turns sitting. There was little air. The lucky ones found themselves near a window; they could watch the blooming countryside flit by. After two days of travel, thirst became intolerable, as did the heat. What is the purpose of this passage? 1 to describe how the prisoners live 2 to tell where the prisoners are going 3 to establish the setting as a moving train 4 to indicate where the train is headed

Answer 1

The correct answer is C

Answer 2

The correct answer is C.

In this excerpt from "The Night" Elie Wiesel's is setting the story on the cattle train in which the jews from Sighet were transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Wiesel and his family were transported, along with 80 more people. There was little to no space in the train, so they had to take turns to sit. They were traveling under the scorching sun with no water to calm their thirst.