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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. In particular, what did the occupants of the cattle car need in Chapter 2?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Chairs.
(c) Water.
(d) Warm clothing.

4. In Chapter 3, what did the prisoners discuss after several weeks in the camp?
(a) They tried to figure out who among them would be sent to the crematorium.
(b) A reason for their suffering.
(c) They discussed their jobs in the camp.
(d) They formulate an escape plan.

5. At the end of Chapter 1, where did the Hungarian police send the Jews?
(a) They were forced to walk miles to their destination.
(b) They were crammed onto crowded cattle wagons.
(c) They were ordered onto filthy trucks.
(d) They were jammed onto packed railroad passenger cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Madame Schachter as a result of the train trip in Chapter 2?

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

3. What happened to the train on which Moshe was deported?

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

5. How did the Jews sleep the first night in the prison block at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?

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