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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 workman's reaction as he watched the prisoners after he gave them the bread in Chapter 7?
(a) Horror.
(b) Pity.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Amusement.

2. What could Wiesel do when rumors started that the Russians were approaching the camp in Chapter 5?
(a) He could join the Russian army.
(b) He could set out on his own and risk being shot.
(c) He could hide in an air raid shelter until the Russians left the camp.
(d) He could stay behind in the hospital with his father or he could evacuate with the rest of the prisoners.

3. What season was ending at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

4. In Chapter 3, why did Wiesel's father ask directions to the washroom?
(a) He was ill with colic.
(b) He needed to wash a wound.
(c) A friend of Elie's father was ill.
(d) Elie's father needed to wash a blood stain from his shirt.

5. What did the chimney represent for the prisoners in Chapter 3?
(a) Work.
(b) Food.
(c) Warmth.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many corpses were thrown from the wagon in Chapter 7?

3. What is "selection"?

4. What did Wiesel believe when he and his father were sent to the right after telling their ages to the officer at Birkenau?

5. How were the Jews supposed to get to the next prison block at Auschwitz?

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