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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After they were shown the chimney at Birkenau, what was the crowd's reaction?
(a) There was a brief uprising.
(b) They cheered wildly.
(c) They were completely silent.
(d) The crowd let out an audible sigh of relief.

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

3. What filled the prisoners' brains at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Whirlwind of memories.
(b) Pain.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Lots of regrets.

4. What time did the bell ring at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) 5 p.m.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 6 p.m.
(d) 7 p.m.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the living feel when the corpses were thrown off the train in Chapter 7?

2. What was Wiesel's reaction to the event he witnessed later in life that reminded him of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners?

3. In Chapter 3, what happened to the man who was looking for his family learned the truth?

4. How did Wiesel's father fare in the first round of the selection process in Chapter 5?

5. At the end of Chapter 3, how long had it taken for the prisoners to arrive at Buna?

(see the answer key)

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