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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Wiesel lie to the man who was looking for his family in Chapter 3?
(a) Wiesel thought he was telling the truth.
(b) He was afraid of the man.
(c) He was afraid the guards would for punish them for talking, so he tried to make the man leave quickly.
(d) He wanted to give the man hope.

2. Several months after Moshe the Beadle and the other foreign Jews were deported, what happened to life in Sighet?
(a) Life returned to normal.
(b) The community leaders planned a large celebration.
(c) Virtually everyone left Sighet.
(d) The town became crime-ridden and economically depressed.

3. In Chapter 3, what did Wiesel see in the flames of the crematory?
(a) His mother and sister.
(b) His best friend from Sighet.
(c) Children and babies.
(d) Moshe and Madame Schachter.

4. How did the German officers keep anyone from escaping from the train in Chapter 2?
(a) There was one officer to guard each Jew.
(b) They threatened to shoot everyone if even one person escaped.
(c) They threatened to withhold everyone's food and water.
(d) They threatened to send everyone to the furnace.

5. In Chapter 2, a German officer who threatened to shoot the occupants of the cattle car compared them to what animal?
(a) Rats.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cattle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many prisoners were loaded into the cattle cars at the end of Chapter 1?

3. What were the conditions inside the synagogue while Wiesel's group stayed there?

4. What was Moishe the Beadle's economic status?

5. Who is the first person to be introduced in the book, Night?

(see the answer key)

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