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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After they were shown the chimney at Birkenau, what was the crowd's reaction?
(a) They were completely silent.
(b) The crowd let out an audible sigh of relief.
(c) They cheered wildly.
(d) There was a brief uprising.

2. What did Moshe the Beadle focus on after his deportation?
(a) He immersed himself in prayer.
(b) He was engrossed in getting others to listen to his stories.
(c) He devoted himself to helping other foreign Jews escape.
(d) He planned an uprising against the Hungarian police.

3. How did the German officers keep anyone from escaping from the train in Chapter 2?
(a) They threatened to send everyone to the furnace.
(b) They threatened to withhold everyone's food and water.
(c) They threatened to shoot everyone if even one person escaped.
(d) There was one officer to guard each Jew.

4. In Chapter 3, what was the first impression of Auschwitz by the prisoners on their arrival?
(a) It looked as if the conditions would be more favorable than at the place they came from.
(b) The conditions were far worse than they could have imagined.
(c) They seemed dismal, but not disagreeable, conditions.
(d) The conditions were about the same as the place they came from.

5. Where did Wiesel and the others go first in Chapter 4?
(a) Mess hall.
(b) Latrines.
(c) Showers.
(d) Work stations.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, when Wiesel was asked to report to the dentist, where was he coming from?

2. In particular, what did the occupants of the cattle car need in Chapter 2?

3. What was Elie's reaction to the foreman's demand in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 2, a German officer who threatened to shoot the occupants of the cattle car compared them to what animal?

5. What did the name Auschwitz mean to the occupants of the cattle car in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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