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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Sighet?
(a) Zohar.
(b) Transylvania.
(c) Israel.
(d) Spotsylvania.

2. How did others perceive Moshe after his deportation experience?
(a) They saw him as a prophet.
(b) They questioned his sanity.
(c) They considered him to be a gifted storyteller.
(d) People regarded him as a great philosopher.

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

4. Where did the flames appear to be coming from that the Jews saw as they exit the train at Birkenau in Chapter 2?
(a) A house.
(b) A chimney.
(c) An overturned cattle car.
(d) A bonfire.

5. What happened to Madame Schachter as a result of the train trip in Chapter 2?
(a) She committed suicide.
(b) She became unresponsive.
(c) She went insane.
(d) She was shot by the Hungarian police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Several months after Moshe the Beadle and the other foreign Jews were deported, what happened to life in Sighet?

2. What were the conditions inside the synagogue while Wiesel's group stayed there?

3. How did Wiesel's father respond to his son's wish in the Spring of 1944?

4. How did the German officers keep anyone from escaping from the train in Chapter 2?

5. When did Wiesel meet Moishe?

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