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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Moshe tell Weisel he escaped the Gestapo in 1944?
(a) He was shot in the leg and left for dead.
(b) He disguised himself as a Gestapo agent.
(c) He agreed to kill the Jews who were on his truck.
(d) He stole a truck.

2. Where did Moshe the Beadle work?
(a) A Hasidic synagogue.
(b) With Elie's father.
(c) He did not have a job.
(d) He taught religion at a high school.

3. How did Wiesel know Madame Schachter so well?
(a) She often visited his family's home.
(b) She was his aunt.
(c) She was his teacher.
(d) She was sitting next to him during the long train trip.

4. In Chapter 2, what is Auschwitz?
(a) The name of the "station" where the train stopped.
(b) The name of the Hungarian interpreter.
(c) The reception center for Dachau.
(d) The name of the train they were on.

5. Madame Schachter traveled with whom in Chapter 2?
(a) Her husband and two oldest sons.
(b) Her ten-year-old son.
(c) No one.
(d) Her ten-year-old daughter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, at one of the train stops, what were the occupants allowed to have?

3. What was the initial reaction of the men in the train car to Madame Schachter's screams in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 1, what art had Moishe mastered?

5. How did the people of Sighet view the needy?

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