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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did some of the young do in Chapter 2 under the cover of darkness?
(a) Sit on one another's laps.
(b) Caress one another.
(c) Hug one another.
(d) Comfort one another.

2. What happened to the train on which Moshe was deported?
(a) The train crashed into a trestle.
(b) The train was taken over by the Gestapo in Polish territory.
(c) The last few train cars derailed.
(d) The Gestapo ordered the Jews on Moshe's train car to unload and walk to the destination.

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

4. In Chapter 2, at one of the train stops, what were the occupants allowed to have?
(a) Water.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Showers.
(d) Fresh clothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how did the Rosh Hashanah service end?

2. How did the others in the cattle car perceive Madame Schachter in Chapter 2?

3. Before the prisoners were assigned to blocks in Chapter 4, where did they wait?

4. In Chapter 3, what were the prisoners forced to do in the first prison block when they arrived at Auschwitz?

5. In Chapter 3, why did Wiesel get to keep his shoes at the concentration camp?

(see the answer key)

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