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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the foreign Jews in Sighet when the Hungarian police arrived?
(a) They were confined to run-down, unsanitary ghettos.
(b) They were put on cattle cars.
(c) They had to surrender all their possessions and walk to the nearest detention center.
(d) They were systematically executed.

2. After the Germans arrested the Jewish leaders during Passover, what were the Jews required to do?
(a) Immediately surrender all their possessions.
(b) Remain in their houses for three days.
(c) Attend formation every morning at dawn.
(d) Leave the town and find their own accommodations.

3. In Chapter 2, first, what did Madame Schachter cry and moan about?
(a) She complained that she was ill.
(b) She moaned about the fact that they were all going to die.
(c) She complained about the conditions on the train.
(d) She cried about being separated from her family.

4. In Chapter 1, what did Wiesel like about Moishe?
(a) His vast knowledge.
(b) His wide, dreamy eyes.
(c) The way he carried himself.
(d) His manner of speaking.

5. In the spring of 1944, what did Elie wish his father would do?
(a) Sell everything and go to Palestine.
(b) Help more Jews acquire safe passage.
(c) Spend more time with him.
(d) Move the family to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Madame Schachter do after the confrontation with the men on the train?

2. Several months after Moshe the Beadle and the other foreign Jews were deported, what happened to life in Sighet?

3. Where is Sighet?

4. How did the people of Sighet view the needy?

5. How did Madame Schachter react when the train began moving again in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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