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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interests did Moshe and Wiesel share?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Plotting against the Gestapo.
(c) Discussing philosophy.
(d) Playing board games.

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

3. In Chapter 3, how did the man respond who is looking for news of his family after he spoke with Wiesel?
(a) He cried bitterly and hysterically.
(b) He collapsed from grief.
(c) He remained quiet and returned to his place in the ranks.
(d) He wept with joy.

4. How many words were spoken as the prisoners leave the train in Chapter 3?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

5. In particular, what did the occupants of the cattle car need in Chapter 2?
(a) Water.
(b) Chairs.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Warm clothing.

6. What was Elie's reaction to the foreman's demand in Chapter 4?
(a) Elie refused to smuggle food.
(b) Elie refused to give the foreman his tooth.
(c) Elie agreed to smuggle soap.
(d) Elie agreed to steal electrical parts.

7. In Chapter 3, what did the prisoners discuss after several weeks in the camp?
(a) They discussed their jobs in the camp.
(b) They formulate an escape plan.
(c) They tried to figure out who among them would be sent to the crematorium.
(d) A reason for their suffering.

8. Several months after Moshe the Beadle and the other foreign Jews were deported, what happened to life in Sighet?
(a) Virtually everyone left Sighet.
(b) Life returned to normal.
(c) The town became crime-ridden and economically depressed.
(d) The community leaders planned a large celebration.

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

10. How did the prisoners in Chapter 2, have to arrange themselves on the train?
(a) Most stood up, some sat.
(b) They crouched.
(c) They all sat crowded elbow-to-elbow.
(d) They all stood.

11. In Chapter 2, where was the first stop the train makes?
(a) Brno.
(b) Prague.
(c) Hronov.
(d) Kaschau.

12. In Chapter 3, what lie did Wiesel tell a man who was looking for Wiesel of Sighat?
(a) That the man's family was sent to the crematorium.
(b) That he knew the man's family was safe.
(c) That the man's family was at another camp.
(d) That the man's family had not been heard from.

13. What did Wiesel believe when he and his father were sent to the right after telling their ages to the officer at Birkenau?
(a) He believed that he and his father would be separated.
(b) He believed they were being sent to the crematory.
(c) He thought they would be shot immediately.
(d) He thought they were in the fortunate group.

14. Before the prisoners were assigned to blocks in Chapter 4, where did they wait?
(a) On bleachers.
(b) Seated on the ground.
(c) Standing by the fence.
(d) Tents.

15. In Chapter 3, what happened to the Jews at Birkenau once they left the train?
(a) The men and women were separated.
(b) The children and adults were separated.
(c) They were given food and water.
(d) They were sent directly to hard labor in a rock quarry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the people of Sighet regard Wiesel's father?

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

3. What happened to the foreign Jews in Sighet when the Hungarian police arrived?

4. Madame Schachter traveled with whom in Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 2, how does Wiesel describe his train trip leaving Sighet?

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