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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the cattle car is in Chapter 2?
(a) A shoebox.
(b) A trap.
(c) A closet.
(d) An oven.

2. 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 attacked the assailant.
(b) He should have yelled racial slurs back at the attacker.
(c) He should have repeated the question.
(d) He should have run and hid.

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

4. What did the chimney represent for the prisoners in Chapter 3?
(a) Death.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Work.
(d) Food.

5. What happened to Madame Schachter as a result of the train trip in Chapter 2?
(a) She became unresponsive.
(b) She committed suicide.
(c) She went insane.
(d) She was shot by the Hungarian police.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what lie did Wiesel tell a man who was looking for Wiesel of Sighat?

2. How did the people of Sighet view the needy?

3. Why did Wiesel lie to the man who was looking for his family in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 1, what did Wiesel like about Moishe?

5. In Chapter 2, what is Auschwitz?

(see the answer key)

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