I was terrified. There were no thoughts about killing. The grenade was to make him go away—just evaporate—and I leaned back and felt my mind go empty and then felt it fill up again. I had already thrown the grenade before telling myself to throw it. The brush was thick and I had to lob it high, not aiming, and I remember the grenade seeming to freeze above me for an instant, as if a camera had clicked, and I remember ducking down and holding my breath and seeing little wisps of fog rise from the earth. Which word from the excerpt best helps establish the tone?

A) Grenade
B) Brush
C) Freeze
D) Camera

Eliezer notices that mrs. schachter doesn’t seem affected by the optimism the other prisoners on the train feel when they hear what the two men who fetched water tell them. how does this contrast to develop one of the key themes in night? a.) this contrast illustrates that an unstable woman like mrs. schacher should not be heeded. b.) this contrast shows that an apparently insane person has correctly foreseen the real horrors that await them. c.) this contrast demonstrates that eliezer is too impressionable d.) this contrast revealed that mrs. schachter becomes an impediment to the prisoners attempts to remain hopeful.