Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night . My father had huddled near me, draped in his blanket, shoulders laden with snow. And what if he were dead, as well? I called out to him. No response. I would have screamed if I could have. He was not moving. Suddenly, the evidence overwhelmed me: there was no longer any reason to live, any reason to fight. What is the author’s viewpoint about the situation in this excerpt?
Answer
A
The author believes that the situation is without hope, so he sees no reason to continue on.
B
The author believes that his experience is the same as those of the other passengers.
C
The author believes that there is nothing he can do to help his father, so he lets him die.
D
The author believes that his father should keep fighting to remain alive.
Explanation
The narrator thinks his father may be dead and says that “there was no longer any reason to live” or fight. This shows that, in that moment, he sees the situation as hopeless and feels he has no reason to continue. Choice B best captures this viewpoint; the excerpt does not say that he deliberately lets his father die or that his father should keep fighting.
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