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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the workman's reaction as he watched the prisoners after he gave them the bread in Chapter 7?
(a) Amusement.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Pity.
(d) Horror.

2. What does the author show about pain and suffering, particularly in Chapter 8?
(a) Pain and suffering can be worse than death.
(b) They will always exist.
(c) Pain and suffering are better than death because at least you are still living.
(d) Pain and suffering help to build character.

3. What does the author say the cattle car is in Chapter 2?
(a) A shoebox.
(b) An oven.
(c) A trap.
(d) A closet.

4. What did Wiesel's father ask Wiesel to do for him when they were in the concentration camp in Chapter 8?
(a) Beg the guards to take him to the crematory.
(b) Let him die in the snow.
(c) Try to steal medicine.
(d) Escape.

5. According to the German officer in Chapter 2, what happened to any Jews who kept their valuables?
(a) They were permitted to keep half their valuables.
(b) They were separated from their relatives.
(c) They were immediately sent to the furnace.
(d) They were shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what happened to men who fell to the ground when they were being evacuated?

2. In Chapter 6, in yet another selection process, what happened to Eli's father?

3. How did Wiesel know Madame Schachter so well?

4. What was Madame Schachter's frame of mind as she screamed on the cattle car in Chapter 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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