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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) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brown.

2. How many corpses were thrown from the wagon in Chapter 7?
(a) 14.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 20.

3. What were Wiesel's feelings about selection in Chapter 5?
(a) He did not want to begin a new job.
(b) He was worried.
(c) He knew he was strong and healthy, so he was not concerned.
(d) He refused to take part.

4. Why did Wiesel return the knife and spoon to his father in Chapter 5?
(a) It continued the secret code between father and son.
(b) His father needed them to work in the kitchen.
(c) His father needed something to remind him of Elie until the result of his selection occurs.
(d) It reinforced the fact that his father was not selected.

5. In Chapter 3, what happened to the Jews at Birkenau once they left the train?
(a) The men and women were separated.
(b) The children and adults were separated.
(c) They were given food and water.
(d) They were sent directly to hard labor in a rock quarry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the SS officer do the prisoners in Chapter 3 the day after arriving at Auschwitz?

2. When a workman threw a piece of bread to the prisoners, how did the prisoners react in Chapter 7?

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

4. What time did the bell ring at the end of Chapter 5?

5. In Chapter 3, how did Wiesel feel that he should have handled the results of his father asking about the washroom?

(see the answer key)

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