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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Wiesel lie to the man who was looking for his family in Chapter 3?
(a) He wanted to give the man hope.
(b) He was afraid of the man.
(c) Wiesel thought he was telling the truth.
(d) He was afraid the guards would for punish them for talking, so he tried to make the man leave quickly.

2. Where did Wiesel's group stay after being forced out of the ghetto?
(a) In the middle of a field.
(b) A deserted warehouse.
(c) The main synagogue.
(d) The railroad station.

3. How did the people of Sighet regard Wiesel's father?
(a) He was highly respected.
(b) He was known to be sensitive and emotional.
(c) He was thought to be untrustworthy.
(d) He was considered arrogant and overbearing.

4. Whose number is A-7713?
(a) Yossi's.
(b) Wiesel's.
(c) Franek's.
(d) Wiesel's father's.

5. In Chapter 3, what age did Wiesel claim to be?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the flames appear to be coming from that the Jews saw as they exit the train at Birkenau in Chapter 2?

2. What did Wiesel's family do while living in their house in the ghetto?

3. At the end of Chapter 3, how long had it taken for the prisoners to arrive at Buna?

4. In order to give themselves hope, what did Wiesel and his father pretend after spending several weeks in Auschwitz in Chapter 3?

5. What did Madame Schachter do after the confrontation with the men on the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the prisoners feel when they learned about the crematorium in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 2 after arriving at the Auschwitz station, what did two men learn when they were sent to get water?

3. What did Madame Schachter scream about shortly after the train stopped and how did that relate to what the prisoners saw when they got off the train cars?

4. How did the Jews on the train in Chapter 2 feel when they heard what the men who went to get water reported?

5. How were the people of Sighet lulled into a false sense of security by the German troops who entered Sighet in the spring of 1944?

6. What type of work was Wiesel given to do in Chapter 4?

7. Why did the Jews conserve their food on the train to the concentration camp in Chapter 2?

8. What happened at the barrack where Wiesel and his father were taken in Chapter 3?

9. Why was Wiesel able to keep his new pair of shoes in Chapter 3?

10. How were the prisoners escorted off the train cars at the end of Chapter 2?

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