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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interests did Moshe and Wiesel share?
(a) Discussing philosophy.
(b) Playing board games.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Plotting against the Gestapo.

2. After tiring of her screams, what did the men finally do to quiet Madame Schachter?
(a) They sat on her.
(b) The men promised to put out the fire.
(c) They hit her on the head.
(d) The men continued to ignore her outbursts.

3. What were the conditions for the Jews on the train in Chapter 2?
(a) Each Jew had a sleeping bag and provisions.
(b) There was a seating and sleeping area.
(c) There were games and a victrola.
(d) Crowded and hot.

4. What did Moshe the Beadle focus on after his deportation?
(a) He was engrossed in getting others to listen to his stories.
(b) He planned an uprising against the Hungarian police.
(c) He devoted himself to helping other foreign Jews escape.
(d) He immersed himself in prayer.

5. In Chapter 1, what art had Moishe mastered?
(a) Making himself insignificant, invisible.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Making himself very noticeable.
(d) Sculpture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What troubling news did the people of Sighet learn in the spring of 1944?

2. At the end of Chapter 1, where did the Hungarian police send the Jews?

3. How did Moshe's experience change him?

4. What was another requirement the Jews must adhere to, regarding their clothing?

5. After the Germans arrested the Jewish leaders during Passover, what were the Jews required to do?

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