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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the conditions inside the synagogue while Wiesel's group stayed there?
(a) Chaotic and noisy.
(b) Crowded and unsanitary.
(c) Spacious and clean.
(d) Drafty and damp.

2. How did the others in the cattle car perceive Madame Schachter in Chapter 2?
(a) They thought she was knowledgeable.
(b) They thought she was insane.
(c) They thought she was selfish.
(d) They thought she was a prophet.

3. In Chapter 3, how did the man respond who is looking for news of his family after he spoke with Wiesel?
(a) He collapsed from grief.
(b) He cried bitterly and hysterically.
(c) He remained quiet and returned to his place in the ranks.
(d) He wept with joy.

4. What was Wiesel's reaction to the thick soup offered to him the day after arriving at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?
(a) He refused to eat it.
(b) He eagerly consumed it.
(c) He ate it, and then he vomited.
(d) He threw it back at the server.

5. In Chapter 3, what did Wiesel see in the flames of the crematory?
(a) Children and babies.
(b) His mother and sister.
(c) Moshe and Madame Schachter.
(d) His best friend from Sighet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what happened to the Jews at Birkenau once they left the train?

2. In Chapter 2, a German officer who threatened to shoot the occupants of the cattle car compared them to what animal?

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

4. Where is Sighet?

5. In Chapter 3, who was in charge of Wiesel, his father, and the other prisoners in the prison block?

(see the answer key)

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