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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Wiesel's group stay after being forced out of the ghetto?
(a) In the middle of a field.
(b) The railroad station.
(c) A deserted warehouse.
(d) The main synagogue.

2. How long did it take for the conditions on the train in Chapter 2 to become intolerable?
(a) Four days.
(b) Two days.
(c) One day.
(d) Three days.

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

4. What did Moshe the Beadle focus on after his deportation?
(a) He was engrossed in getting others to listen to his stories.
(b) He devoted himself to helping other foreign Jews escape.
(c) He planned an uprising against the Hungarian police.
(d) He immersed himself in prayer.

5. In Chapter 3, what lie did Wiesel tell a man who was looking for Wiesel of Sighat?
(a) That he knew the man's family was safe.
(b) That the man's family had not been heard from.
(c) That the man's family was at another camp.
(d) That the man's family was sent to the crematorium.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Moshe the Beadle work?

2. What were the people wearing who jumped into the wagon at the end of Chapter 2?

3. How did Moshe's experience change him?

4. In the spring of 1944, what did the people of Sighet believe about Hitler?

5. In Chapter 3, what age did Wiesel claim to be?

(see the answer key)

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