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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Wiesel not fast on Yom Kippur in Chapter 5?
(a) He joined the other prisoners in their refusal to fast.
(b) He was too hungry.
(c) The doctor said he would starve to death if he fasted.
(d) He was rebelling against God.

2. What did the person who Elie found in a pile of bodies do as Elie fell asleep?
(a) Played his violin.
(b) Sang Jewish folk songs.
(c) Told stories.
(d) Prayed aloud.

3. What was Wiesel's reaction to the event he witnessed later in life that reminded him of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners?
(a) He tried to keep the children from hurting each other.
(b) He begged a participant not to do this any more.
(c) He offered to give money.
(d) He stared, shocked and horrified, without saying a word.

4. In Chapter 8, why did the prisoners feel this way about the chimney at this point in the story?
(a) They did not have the strength to care.
(b) They resented the way they were treated.
(c) They were too grief-stricken to realize this was how their lives would end.
(d) They were afraid to die in that way.

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

6. What happened when Wiesel wanted to sleep in the snow?
(a) An SS officer threatened to shoot him.
(b) His father covered him with a tattered blanket.
(c) He got frostbite.
(d) His father kept him awake.

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

8. As the prisoners took refuge in a deserted village after the evacuation, where did Elie find himself?
(a) Lying next to a dead SS officer.
(b) Buried in a snowpile.
(c) Lying under a collapsed wall.
(d) Crushed in a pile of dying prisoners.

9. Who did Elie find in a pile of bodies in the deserted village?
(a) Rabbi Elichou.
(b) Rabbi Elichou's son.
(c) His friend, Zalman.
(d) His friend, Juliek.

10. How many corpses were thrown from the wagon in Chapter 7?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

11. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what was Wiesel's father's frame of mind?
(a) He was extremely angry.
(b) He was desperate for Elie to survive.
(c) He was giving up on life.
(d) He was insane.

12. What time did the bell ring at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 7 p.m.
(d) 5 p.m.

13. What happened to prisoners who were selected?
(a) Those selected were released from camp, then shot.
(b) The new prisoners had to take care of the chimney.
(c) The prisoners were required to begin their new jobs immediately.
(d) They were sent to the crematory.

14. In Chapter 6, why were the prisoners running as they were evacuated?
(a) They were running from the Russian army.
(b) They were trying to keep warm.
(c) There was a storm approaching.
(d) The SS officers ordered them to run.

15. How many prisoners gathered on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in Chapter 5?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) 900.
(c) Thousands.
(d) 1,200.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what did Wiesel find when he returned from work, when he still had possession of his father's knife and spoon?

2. What happened on the morning of January 29, 1945?

3. When the prisoners found out that they could have soup, what was their reaction in Chapter 8?

4. Why did Rabbi Elichou's son perform the action that Elie remembers?

5. As the prisoners traveled on the train in Chapter 7, what did they eat?

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