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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what was the first thing the Jews swa as the train stopped before they got off?
(a) Men and women digging in a rock quarry.
(b) Fire.
(c) occupants of the camp lined up in formation.
(d) Barbed wire.

2. 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 jammed onto packed railroad passenger cars.
(c) They were ordered onto filthy trucks.
(d) They were crammed onto crowded cattle wagons.

3. How did the people of Sighet view the needy?
(a) They did not particularly like them.
(b) They respected them.
(c) They were compassionate toward them.
(d) They hated them.

4. In Chapter 3, what happened to the Jews at Birkenau once they left the train?
(a) They were given food and water.
(b) The children and adults were separated.
(c) The men and women were separated.
(d) They were sent directly to hard labor in a rock quarry.

5. How did Madame Schachter react when the train began moving again in Chapter 2?
(a) She began to scream again.
(b) She became unconscious from her illness.
(c) She sat quietly in a corner of the train car.
(d) She fell asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interests did Moshe and Wiesel share?

2. How were the Jews supposed to get to the next prison block at Auschwitz?

3. Whose number is A-7713?

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

5. How did Wiesel's father respond to his son's wish in the Spring of 1944?

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