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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

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. How long did it take one of the hanged prisoners to die at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) About a half an hour.
(d) More than a half a hour.

3. What did Elie find in the morning at the deserted village?
(a) Rabbi Elichou was dead.
(b) Juliek was dead.
(c) Rabbi Elichou's son was dead.
(d) Zalman was dead.

4. How did the Jews sleep the first night in the prison block at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?
(a) They were awakened every hour for roll call.
(b) The were not permitted to sleep.
(c) Soundly.
(d) Restlessly.

5. In Chapter 7, when Wiesel woke up as he was transported with the other prisoners to the concentration camp, what was happening to him?
(a) He was shivering uncontrollably.
(b) He was suffocating.
(c) Someone was choking him.
(d) Men were taking him off the wagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In German language, what did the French girl who witnessed the event while Elie iwa working tell him to do in Chapter 4?

2. In particular, what part of the occurrence that Wiesel witnessed later in life reminiscent of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners caused his reaction?

3. What were Wiesel's feelings about selection in Chapter 5?

4. When a workman threw a piece of bread to the prisoners, how did the prisoners react in Chapter 7?

5. What did the SS officer do the prisoners in Chapter 3 the day after arriving at Auschwitz?

(see the answer key)

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