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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take for the conditions on the train in Chapter 2 to become intolerable?
(a) One day.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two days.
(d) Four days.

2. In Chapter 5, what did Wiesel find when he returned from work, when he still had possession of his father's knife and spoon?
(a) He found a note from his father.
(b) His father's possessions were gone.
(c) His father had not been selected.
(d) His father had been selected.

3. What did Wiesel believe when he and his father were sent to the right after telling their ages to the officer at Birkenau?
(a) He believed they were being sent to the crematory.
(b) He thought they were in the fortunate group.
(c) He thought they would be shot immediately.
(d) He believed that he and his father would be separated.

4. What was Wiesel's reaction to the thick soup offered to him the day after arriving at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?
(a) He refused to eat it.
(b) He ate it, and then he vomited.
(c) He eagerly consumed it.
(d) He threw it back at the server.

5. At the end of Chapter 1, where did the Hungarian police send the Jews?
(a) They were forced to walk miles to their destination.
(b) They were ordered onto filthy trucks.
(c) They were jammed onto packed railroad passenger cars.
(d) They were crammed onto crowded cattle wagons.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the German officer in Chapter 2, what happened to any Jews who kept their valuables?

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

3. How did Madame Schachter react when the train began moving again in Chapter 2?

4. How did Wiesel's father respond to the order that Jews were not allowed to keep valuables in the house?

5. In Chapter 2, how does Wiesel describe his train trip leaving Sighet?

(see the answer key)

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