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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the name Auschwitz mean to the occupants of the cattle car in Chapter 2?
(a) A vacation.
(b) A person's name.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Death.

2. What did some of the young do in Chapter 2 under the cover of darkness?
(a) Caress one another.
(b) Hug one another.
(c) Comfort one another.
(d) Sit on one another's laps.

3. What did Madame Schachter do after the confrontation with the men on the train?
(a) She continued to be hysterical.
(b) She became eerily quiet.
(c) She finally calmed down.
(d) She became extremely violent.

4. What color was Tzipora's hair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

5. In Chapter 2, at one of the train stops, what were the occupants allowed to have?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Fresh clothing.
(c) Showers.
(d) Water.

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. How did the prisoners in Chapter 2, have to arrange themselves on the train?

3. At Birkenau, what did a fellow prisoner tell Wiesel and his father to do?

4. How long did it take for the conditions on the train in Chapter 2 to become intolerable?

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

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