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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the spring of 1944, what did Elie wish his father would do?
(a) Move the family to America.
(b) Help more Jews acquire safe passage.
(c) Spend more time with him.
(d) Sell everything and go to Palestine.

4. In Chapter 3, how did Wiesel feel that he should have handled the results of his father asking about the washroom?
(a) He should have run and hid.
(b) He should have yelled racial slurs back at the attacker.
(c) He should have attacked the assailant.
(d) He should have repeated the question.

5. How many prisoners were loaded into the cattle cars at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) 100.
(b) 80.
(c) 93.
(d) 75.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In particular, what did the occupants of the cattle car need in Chapter 2?

3. What profession did Wiesel claim in Chapter 3?

4. What did Madame Schachter do after the confrontation with the men on the train?

5. According to the German officer in Chapter 2, what happened to any Jews who kept their valuables?

(see the answer key)

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