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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the living feel when the corpses were thrown off the train in Chapter 7?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Sad.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Glad.

2. In Chapter 5, what did the prisoners receive the night before Rosh Hashanah, the last day of the Jewish year?
(a) Nothing--their religion prohibits them from eating on this day.
(b) A crust of bread.
(c) Thick soup.
(d) Nothing--they were being punished for observing a Jewish holiday.

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

4. What was Wiesel's feeling about the scene after the workman throws the bread in Chapter 7?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Relief.
(c) Uncaring.
(d) Sadness.

5. What happened when Wiesel wanted to sleep in the snow?
(a) His father kept him awake.
(b) An SS officer threatened to shoot him.
(c) His father covered him with a tattered blanket.
(d) He got frostbite.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how does Wiesel describe his train trip leaving Sighet?

2. What realization did Elie come to when he remembered the action performed by Rabbi Elichou's son?

3. In Chapter 4, what happened to Wiesel when he was working?

4. What could Wiesel do when rumors started that the Russians were approaching the camp in Chapter 5?

5. In Chapter 4, what did the foreman want Wiesel to do?

(see the answer key)

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