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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Sighet?
(a) Israel.
(b) Transylvania.
(c) Spotsylvania.
(d) Zohar.

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

3. What was the initial reaction of the men in the train car to Madame Schachter's screams in Chapter 2?
(a) They ignored her.
(b) They threatened to throw her from the train.
(c) They tried to comfort her.
(d) They peeked through the bars but saw nothing.

4. In particular, what did the occupants of the cattle car need in Chapter 2?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Chairs.
(c) Warm clothing.
(d) Water.

5. In Chapter 3, why did Wiesel's father ask directions to the washroom?
(a) A friend of Elie's father was ill.
(b) He needed to wash a wound.
(c) He was ill with colic.
(d) Elie's father needed to wash a blood stain from his shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the spring of 1944, what did Elie wish his father would do?

2. In Chapter 2, what is Auschwitz?

3. In Chapter 4, when Wiesel was asked to report to the dentist, where was he coming from?

4. What season was ending at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. How many words were spoken as the prisoners leave the train in Chapter 3?

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