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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the responsibility of the men who cleared out the wagons?
(a) They rotated the prisoners between the wagons.
(b) They repaired the wagons.
(c) They scoured the wagons with boiling water.
(d) They took out the dead and burried them.

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, how did Wiesel feel that he should have handled the results of his father asking about the washroom?
(a) He should have attacked the assailant.
(b) He should have run and hid.
(c) He should have yelled racial slurs back at the attacker.
(d) He should have repeated the question.

5. How many prisoners gathered on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in Chapter 5?
(a) 900.
(b) 1,200.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Hundreds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wiesel need to do because of his leg in Chapter 5?

2. What was the reaction of the person Wiesel spoke to at the event that reminds him of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners?

3. In Chapter 3, how did the man respond who is looking for news of his family after he spoke with Wiesel?

4. What profession did Wiesel claim in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 3, what was the first impression of Auschwitz by the prisoners on their arrival?

(see the answer key)

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