January 6th, 2017 Night by: Elie Wiesel

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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: Anabolic Steroids and Sports.

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Level#1

Certain kinds of steroids are drugs that build muscles and strength. Steroids are actually hormones, or chemicals made by the body. Women who use body-building steroids often look more masculine. In both men and women, artificial steroids can cause skin and stomach problems, and hurt the liver.

1. What kind of drugs are steroids?






2. What types of problems can women or men have if they use artificial steroids?






3. How do body-building steroids change the way women look if they use them?





4. How many people are in Elie Wiesel's family altogether?







Level#2


Certain kinds of steroids are drugs that build muscles and strength. Steroids are actually hormones, or chemicals made by the body. Women who use body-building steroids often look more masculine. In both men and women, artificial steroids can cause skin and stomach problems, and hurt the liver. Some professional athletes use steroids even though steroids are illegal. They say that almost everyone uses them anyway. They claim there is no way to win if you do not use steroids. Athletes who do not use steroids think that the drugs give the user an unfair advantage.



1. What do body-building steroids do to women and what problems can they cause women and men?





2. Who uses artificial steroids even though they are illegal?





3. What do athletes that do not use steroids think?





4. How do the Nazis transport Elie Wiesel and the other jews from his town to the concentration camp?





Level#3

Certain kinds of steroids are drugs that build muscles and strength. Steroids are actually hormones, or chemicals made by the body. Women who use body-building steroids often look more masculine. In both men and women, artificial steroids can cause skin and stomach problems, and hurt the liver. Some professional athletes use steroids even though steroids are illegal. They say that almost everyone uses them anyway. They claim there is no way to win if you do not use steroids. Athletes who do not use steroids think that the drugs give the user an unfair advantage. Before most important sports events, such as the Olympics, athletes are tested for steroid use. If an athlete is found to have used a steroid, he or she is not allowed to compete.


1. What do some professional athletes say and claim about steroids?






2. What is done before most important sporting events, such as the Olympics?






3. What happens to an athlete who is found to have used steroids?





4. When Elie Wiesel is being transported with the other Jews on the train, a woman who is traveling with them, by the name of Mrs. Schachter, begins to yell something that is very alarming to everyone on the train. What is it that she is yelling that everyone on the train becomes very concerned about?






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