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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was Tzipora's hair?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blonde.

2. In Chapter 5, what happened when Dr. Mengele called out numbers for another round of selection?
(a) Wiesel's father's number was called.
(b) Neither Wiesel nor his father was called.
(c) Both Wiesel and his father were called.
(d) Wiesel's number was called.

3. What is "selection"?
(a) The process of selecting new prisoners to enter the camp.
(b) The process of separating the healthy from the weak.
(c) The process of choosing who is released from the camp.
(d) The process of selecting prisoners for new jobs.

4. After the war, what did Elie learn about the Russians coming to the camp in Chapter 5?
(a) The Russians liberated those in the hospital two days after the evacuation.
(b) The Russians never entered the camp.
(c) Anyone who remained in camp was taken prisoner by the Russians.
(d) The camp authorities massacred everyone who remained in camp.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Wiesel lie to the man who was looking for his family in Chapter 3?

2. What did the chimney represent for the prisoners in Chapter 3?

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

4. At Birkenau, what did a fellow prisoner tell Wiesel and his father to do?

5. In particular, what part of the occurrence that Wiesel witnessed later in life reminiscent of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners caused his reaction?

(see the answer key)

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