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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Wiesel's father respond to his son's wish in the Spring of 1944?
(a) He said he is too old to start over.
(b) He agreed to spend more time with Elie.
(c) He said helping more Jews was too dangerous.
(d) He reminded Elie of the impossibility of moving to America.

2. In Chapter 3, what were the prisoners forced to do in the first prison block when they arrived at Auschwitz?
(a) Run laps.
(b) Stand in formation for over an hour.
(c) Clean the entire prison block, top to bottom.
(d) Shower and then shiver and wait in the cold night.

3. Madame Schachter traveled with whom in Chapter 2?
(a) Her ten-year-old son.
(b) Her husband and two oldest sons.
(c) Her ten-year-old daughter.
(d) No one.

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

5. In the spring of 1944, what did the people of Sighet believe about Hitler?
(a) They thought his troops were turning on him.
(b) That he would soon be defeated.
(c) That he would conquer all of Europe.
(d) That he was killed or went into hiding.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to the train on which Moshe was deported?

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

4. In Chapter 3, when Wiesel's father asked directions to the washroom, what happened to him?

5. How many prisoners were loaded into the cattle cars at the end of Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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