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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the German officer in Chapter 2, what happened to any Jews who kept their valuables?
(a) They were permitted to keep half their valuables.
(b) They were separated from their relatives.
(c) They were shot.
(d) They were immediately sent to the furnace.

2. In order to give themselves hope, what did Wiesel and his father pretend after spending several weeks in Auschwitz in Chapter 3?
(a) That Wiesel's mother and Tzipora were in a labor camp, not dead.
(b) That they were on a secret mission.
(c) That the experience was just a dream, and that they would awaken soon.
(d) That they were not frightened.

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

4. At the end of Chapter 1, where did the Hungarian police send the Jews?
(a) They were crammed onto crowded cattle wagons.
(b) They were jammed onto packed railroad passenger cars.
(c) They were ordered onto filthy trucks.
(d) They were forced to walk miles to their destination.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, first, what did Madame Schachter cry and moan about?

2. What did the chimney represent for the prisoners in Chapter 3?

3. What did the name Auschwitz mean to the occupants of the cattle car in Chapter 2?

4. How did the people of Sighet regard Wiesel's father?

5. How did Wiesel's father respond to the order that Jews were not allowed to keep valuables in the house?

(see the answer key)

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