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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, why did Wiesel's father ask directions to the washroom?
(a) He needed to wash a wound.
(b) A friend of Elie's father was ill.
(c) He was ill with colic.
(d) Elie's father needed to wash a blood stain from his shirt.

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

3. How did Wiesel's father respond to his son's wish in the Spring of 1944?
(a) He agreed to spend more time with Elie.
(b) He said helping more Jews was too dangerous.
(c) He reminded Elie of the impossibility of moving to America.
(d) He said he is too old to start over.

4. In Chapter 3, what were the prisoners forced to do in the first prison block when they arrived at Auschwitz?
(a) Shower and then shiver and wait in the cold night.
(b) Clean the entire prison block, top to bottom.
(c) Stand in formation for over an hour.
(d) Run laps.

5. In Chapter 3, who was in charge of Wiesel, his father, and the other prisoners in the prison block?
(a) A Polish prisoner.
(b) A German prisoner.
(c) Wiesel's father.
(d) An SS officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to give themselves hope, what did Wiesel and his father pretend after spending several weeks in Auschwitz in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 2, how does Wiesel describe his train trip leaving Sighet?

3. What did the chimney represent for the prisoners in Chapter 3?

4. How did Wiesel's father respond to the order that Jews were not allowed to keep valuables in the house?

5. How did others perceive Moshe after his deportation experience?

(see the answer key)

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