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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did "selection" work?
(a) The authorities selected a certain group of numbers to be released.
(b) The authorities randomly selected the numbers of prisoners for new jobs.
(c) The prisoners had to pass tests that demonstrate that they were healthy and strong.
(d) The authorities did not share the process of selecting new prisoners for the camp.

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

3. When a workman threw a piece of bread to the prisoners, how did the prisoners react in Chapter 7?
(a) They fought over it.
(b) They threw it back at the workman.
(c) They were too weak and indifferent to care.
(d) They drew straws to see who got the bread.

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

5. What scene similar to that of the workman throwing the bread to the prisoners did Wiesel witness later in life?
(a) People diving and fighting for coins thrown by passengers of a boat.
(b) Children pushing and shoving to pick up candy thrown by a street performer.
(c) Guards stoning a prisoner at a penitentiary.
(d) A group of homeless people drawing straws to see who gets a threadbare scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, when Wiesel's father asked directions to the washroom, what happened to him?

2. What season was ending at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 5, what happened when Dr. Mengele called out numbers for another round of selection?

4. What was Wiesel's reaction to the thick soup offered to him the day after arriving at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?

5. How did the Jews sleep the first night in the prison block at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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