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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the name Auschwitz mean to the occupants of the cattle car in Chapter 2?

3. What happened to Madame Schachter as a result of the train trip in Chapter 2?

4. What interests did Moshe and Wiesel share?

5. How old was Mrs. Schachter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Franck get Wiesel to part with his gold tooth?

3. What did the German officer and the Hungarian interpreter tell the Jews on the train to the concentration camp in Chapter 2?

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

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

6. 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?

7. What happened to Moshe and his companions who were deported?

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

9. In Chapter 3, what did an SS officer tell the prisoners about Auschwitz?

10. How did Moshe escape being killed when he was deported?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wiesel's faith changed while he was imprisoned. What was Wiesel's relationship with God at the beginning of the book? Why did he begin to grow bitter and resent God? How did the suffering Wiesel endured affect his faith? How did his relationship with God change?

Essay Topic 2

The Germans used fire to get rid of prisoners. Why did the Germans see fire as a cleansing substance? How was fire used to destroy babies? Where was the place fire was used most frequently to kill prisoners? In what way does fire symbolize the anger of the Germans?

Essay Topic 3

The title of the book is significant. What does night often represent to people? Do bad things occur more frequently in the daytime or at night? What does the title of the book symbolize?

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