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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many words were spoken as the prisoners leave the train in Chapter 3?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

2. Before the prisoners were assigned to blocks in Chapter 4, where did they wait?
(a) Tents.
(b) Standing by the fence.
(c) On bleachers.
(d) Seated on the ground.

3. In Chapter 8, why did the prisoners feel this way about the chimney at this point in the story?
(a) They resented the way they were treated.
(b) They were afraid to die in that way.
(c) They were too grief-stricken to realize this was how their lives would end.
(d) They did not have the strength to care.

4. In Chapter 3, how did the man respond who is looking for news of his family after he spoke with Wiesel?
(a) He collapsed from grief.
(b) He cried bitterly and hysterically.
(c) He remained quiet and returned to his place in the ranks.
(d) He wept with joy.

5. Why did Rabbi Elichou's son perform the action that Elie remembers?
(a) He wanted to be a rabbi like his father.
(b) He was tortured at the camp which caused him to go insane.
(c) He wanted to get away from his father.
(d) He worked in the hospital at the camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Moshe's experience change him?

2. In Chapter 5, how many crematoria work day and night?

3. What happened to prisoners who were selected?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 8, how many groups were the prisoners made to form?

5. How many corpses were thrown from the wagon in Chapter 7?

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