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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, what did Wiesel like about Moishe?
(a) His manner of speaking.
(b) The way he carried himself.
(c) His vast knowledge.
(d) His wide, dreamy eyes.

3. In Chapter 2, where was the first stop the train makes?
(a) Kaschau.
(b) Hronov.
(c) Brno.
(d) Prague.

4. In Chapter 2, a German officer who threatened to shoot the occupants of the cattle car compared them to what animal?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Rats.

5. In Chapter 3, what happened to the man who was looking for his family learned the truth?
(a) Wiesel never saw him again.
(b) The man tried to kill Wiesel.
(c) The man told Wiesel he understood why he lied.
(d) The man tried to get Wiesel in trouble with the guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Wiesel's reaction to the thick soup offered to him the day after arriving at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?

2. What did Wiesel's family do while living in their house in the ghetto?

3. What were the conditions inside the synagogue while Wiesel's group stayed there?

4. After the war when Wiesel met the woman who pretended to be Aryan rather than a Jew at the concentration camp, what did she tell him?

5. What did Moshe the Beadle focus on after his deportation?

(see the answer key)

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