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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Wiesel's group stay after being forced out of the ghetto?
(a) The main synagogue.
(b) The railroad station.
(c) In the middle of a field.
(d) A deserted warehouse.

2. What did Wiesel believe when he and his father were sent to the right after telling their ages to the officer at Birkenau?
(a) He believed they were being sent to the crematory.
(b) He believed that he and his father would be separated.
(c) He thought they would be shot immediately.
(d) He thought they were in the fortunate group.

3. In Chapter 3, how did Wiesel feel that he should have handled the results of his father asking about the washroom?
(a) He should have run and hid.
(b) He should have attacked the assailant.
(c) He should have repeated the question.
(d) He should have yelled racial slurs back at the attacker.

4. After the war, what did Elie learn about the Russians coming to the camp in Chapter 5?
(a) The Russians liberated those in the hospital two days after the evacuation.
(b) Anyone who remained in camp was taken prisoner by the Russians.
(c) The Russians never entered the camp.
(d) The camp authorities massacred everyone who remained in camp.

5. What did Madame Schachter do after the confrontation with the men on the train?
(a) She became eerily quiet.
(b) She finally calmed down.
(c) She became extremely violent.
(d) She continued to be hysterical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were the eyes of the man who joined the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 4?

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

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

4. What time did the bell ring at the end of Chapter 5?

5. In Chapter 3, what age did Wiesel claim to be?

(see the answer key)

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