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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose number is A-7713?
(a) Yossi's.
(b) Franek's.
(c) Wiesel's father's.
(d) Wiesel's.

2. What profession did Wiesel claim in Chapter 3?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Student.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Storekeeper.

3. What did Wiesel believe when he and his father were sent to the right after telling their ages to the officer at Birkenau?
(a) He thought they would be shot immediately.
(b) He believed they were being sent to the crematory.
(c) He believed that he and his father would be separated.
(d) He thought they were in the fortunate group.

4. 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.

5. What happened to the foreign Jews in Sighet when the Hungarian police arrived?
(a) They had to surrender all their possessions and walk to the nearest detention center.
(b) They were confined to run-down, unsanitary ghettos.
(c) They were put on cattle cars.
(d) They were systematically executed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the SS officer do the prisoners in Chapter 3 the day after arriving at Auschwitz?

2. In Chapter 3, why did Wiesel get to keep his shoes at the concentration camp?

3. After tiring of her screams, what did the men finally do to quiet Madame Schachter?

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

5. What was Moishe the Beadle's economic status?

(see the answer key)

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