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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what was the first thing the Jews swa as the train stopped before they got off?
(a) Fire.
(b) occupants of the camp lined up in formation.
(c) Men and women digging in a rock quarry.
(d) Barbed wire.

2. How many prisoners were loaded into the cattle cars at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) 80.
(b) 93.
(c) 100.
(d) 75.

3. In Chapter 3, why did Wiesel get to keep his shoes at the concentration camp?
(a) Because of his age.
(b) They were covered with mud, so no one saw them.
(c) He needed them for his job in the camp.
(d) Due to an injury to his feet.

4. In Chapter 4, what was Wiesel's job in the camp?
(a) He cleaned the camp showers.
(b) He assisted the camp dentist.
(c) He worked in the camp kitchen.
(d) He worked in the electrical warehouse.

5. In Chapter 3, what was the first impression of Auschwitz by the prisoners on their arrival?
(a) They seemed dismal, but not disagreeable, conditions.
(b) It looked as if the conditions would be more favorable than at the place they came from.
(c) The conditions were far worse than they could have imagined.
(d) The conditions were about the same as the place they came from.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the foreign Jews in Sighet when the Hungarian police arrived?

2. What was Elie's reaction to the foreman's demand in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 2, what is Auschwitz?

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

5. After the Germans arrested the Jewish leaders during Passover, what were the Jews required to do?

(see the answer key)

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