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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Wiesel's family do while living in their house in the ghetto?
(a) They offered rooms to relatives who had lost their homes.
(b) They gave their valuables to relatives who could hide them.
(c) They were forced to cook for the German soldiers.
(d) They hid Jews who were trying to escape.

2. How did Wiesel's father respond to the order that Jews were not allowed to keep valuables in the house?
(a) He gave their savings to a relative who could safely hide them.
(b) He destroyed their valuables rather that surrender them.
(c) He buried their savings in the basement.
(d) He surrendered their valuables to the Germans.

3. Who is the first person to be introduced in the book, Night?
(a) Moshe the Beadle.
(b) A Hungarian policeman.
(c) Elie Wiesel.
(d) Elie's father.

4. What was Moishe the Beadle's economic status?
(a) Penury.
(b) Middle class.
(c) Upper middle class.
(d) Upper class.

5. In Chapter 2, what was the first thing the Jews swa as the train stopped before they got off?
(a) occupants of the camp lined up in formation.
(b) Fire.
(c) Men and women digging in a rock quarry.
(d) Barbed wire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the others in the cattle car perceive Madame Schachter in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 1, what did Wiesel like about Moishe?

3. As the train trip continued, what did Madame Schachter scream about in Chapter 2?

4. What happened to Madame Schachter as a result of the train trip in Chapter 2?

5. What did some of the young do in Chapter 2 under the cover of darkness?

(see the answer key)

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