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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the Jews supposed to get to the next prison block at Auschwitz?
(a) Run.
(b) Ride in filthy wagons.
(c) Crawl.
(d) March in strict formation.

2. What were the people wearing who jumped into the wagon at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Gray uniforms.
(b) White jackets and pants.
(c) Striped jackets and black pants.
(d) Blue uniforms.

3. How did the prisoners in Chapter 2, have to arrange themselves on the train?
(a) Most stood up, some sat.
(b) They all stood.
(c) They all sat crowded elbow-to-elbow.
(d) They crouched.

4. What did the SS officer do the prisoners in Chapter 3 the day after arriving at Auschwitz?
(a) The SS officers made them watch the crematorium.
(b) Branded them with numbers.
(c) Withheld their food and water.
(d) Forced them to march five miles.

5. In Chapter 3, how did Wiesel feel that he should have handled the results of his father asking about the washroom?
(a) He should have repeated the question.
(b) He should have run and hid.
(c) He should have attacked the assailant.
(d) He should have yelled racial slurs back at the attacker.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Moshe's experience change him?

2. What was Wiesel's reaction to the thick soup offered to him the day after arriving at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 2, what was the first thing the Jews swa as the train stopped before they got off?

4. How did Wiesel's father respond to his son's wish in the Spring of 1944?

5. Where did the flames appear to be coming from that the Jews saw as they exit the train at Birkenau in Chapter 2?

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