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

2. How did Wiesel respond to his father's request at the concentration camp?
(a) He argued with his father.
(b) He was speechless.
(c) He quietly accepted his request.
(d) He cried bitterly.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 8, how many groups were the prisoners made to form?
(a) 25.
(b) 50.
(c) 100.
(d) 75.

4. What was Wiesel's feeling about the scene after the workman throws the bread in Chapter 7?
(a) Relief.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Uncaring.
(d) Hopeful.

5. In Chapter 5, how did the Rosh Hashanah service end?
(a) Kaddish.
(b) Psalm
(c) Shabbat.
(d) Seder.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, why did the prisoners feel this way about the chimney at this point in the story?

2. What was the condition of the prisoners who took shelter in the deserted village as they traveled to the concentration camp?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 6, how were the prisoners moving?

4. What did Elie pray for regarding the actions of Rabbi Elichou's son upon remembering his actions?

5. Who did Elie find in a pile of bodies in the deserted village?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the prisoners crushed into the barracks when they arrived at Gleiwitz in Chapter 6?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what did Wiesel tell himself?

3. Where did the prisoners take shelter in Chapter 6?

4. What was selection?

5. How did Zalman die in Chapter 6?

6. How did Wiesel feel when he heard blessings to God by the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 5?

7. Why could Rabbi Eliahu not find his son?

8. What was Yom Kippur and what debate was there over the day in Chapter 5?

9. What argument did Wiesel have with his father at the beginning of Chapter 8?

10. What was the general attitude of the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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