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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 Wiesel need to do because of his leg in Chapter 5?
(a) Go through the selection process again.
(b) Have surgery.
(c) Plead with the doctor to keep his injury a secret.
(d) Hide his injury.

2. Where did the flames appear to be coming from that the Jews saw as they exit the train at Birkenau in Chapter 2?
(a) A bonfire.
(b) An overturned cattle car.
(c) A house.
(d) A chimney.

3. What was Moishe the Beadle's economic status?
(a) Middle class.
(b) Upper class.
(c) Upper middle class.
(d) Penury.

4. How old were some of the youngest from Wiesel's convoy in Chapter 4?
(a) 13 and 14.
(b) 8 and 9.
(c) 10 and 12.
(d) 10 and 11.

5. Why was the dentist who did not pull Elie's tooth arrested in Chapter 4?
(a) For trafficking gold teeth.
(b) For putting prisoners' fillings in guards' teeth.
(c) For not pulling Elie's severely infected tooth.
(d) For threatening Elie's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mrs. Schachter?

2. After the war when Wiesel met the woman who pretended to be Aryan rather than a Jew at the concentration camp, what did she tell him?

3. What did Moshe the Beadle focus on after his deportation?

4. In Chapter 4 why was speaking German to Wiesel at the camp so risky for a young female prisoner?

5. How did Moshe's experience change him?

(see the answer key)

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