Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night . "Throw out all the dead! Outside, all the corpses!” The living were glad. They would have more room. Volunteers began the task. They touched those who had remained on the ground. "Here’s one! Take him!” The volunteers undressed him and eagerly shared his garments. Then, two "gravediggers” grabbed him by the head and feet and threw him from the wagon, like a sack of flour. In this passage, the author's viewpoint is that the situation causes people to act in ways that are unfeeling and disrespectful toward those who have died. What evidence supports this viewpoint? Choose two correct answers.
Answer
A
“The living were glad. They would have more room.”
B
“Volunteers began the task.”
C
“They touched those who had remained on the ground.”
D
“Here’s one! Take him!”
E
“Then, two ‘gravediggers’ grabbed him by the head and feet and threw him from the wagon, like a sack of flour.”
Explanation
A shows that the living are glad because the dead will leave them more room, a reaction that treats the dead as an inconvenience. E shows direct disrespect: the men throw a person’s body from the wagon “like a sack of flour,” rather than handling it with care.
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