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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Rabbi Elichou asked Wiesel about his son in Chapter 6, what did Wiesel remember?
(a) That the Rabbi's son was praying.
(b) That the Rabbi's son was helping other prisoners.
(c) That the Rabbi's son was running ahead to get away from his father.
(d) That the Rabbi's son was trampling fallen prisoners.

3. What happened on the morning of January 29, 1945?
(a) Wiesel saw his father taken to the crematory.
(b) The camp was liberated by the Americans.
(c) Wiesel believed his father was dead.
(d) The prisoners were evacuated again.

4. In Chapter 7, when Wiesel woke up as he was transported with the other prisoners to the concentration camp, what was happening to him?
(a) He was shivering uncontrollably.
(b) Someone was choking him.
(c) He was suffocating.
(d) Men were taking him off the wagon.

5. After the Germans arrested the Jewish leaders during Passover, what were the Jews required to do?
(a) Attend formation every morning at dawn.
(b) Immediately surrender all their possessions.
(c) Leave the town and find their own accommodations.
(d) Remain in their houses for three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Wiesel return the knife and spoon to his father in Chapter 5?

2. In particular, what part of the occurrence that Wiesel witnessed later in life reminiscent of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners caused his reaction?

3. How many prisoners gathered on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in Chapter 5?

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

5. In Chapter 3, who was in charge of Wiesel, his father, and the other prisoners in the prison block?

(see the answer key)

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