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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, how does Wiesel describe his train trip leaving Sighet?
(a) Cold.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Comfortable.

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

3. Why was the dentist who did not pull Elie's tooth arrested in Chapter 4?
(a) For trafficking gold teeth.
(b) For threatening Elie's father.
(c) For not pulling Elie's severely infected tooth.
(d) For putting prisoners' fillings in guards' teeth.

4. Before the prisoners were assigned to blocks in Chapter 4, where did they wait?
(a) Seated on the ground.
(b) Standing by the fence.
(c) Tents.
(d) On bleachers.

5. What was the condition of the main synagogue when Wiesel's group reached it?
(a) It was vandalized.
(b) The Gestapo kept it clean to make outsiders think they were humane.
(c) The Gestapo kept it clean to lull the Jews into a false sense of security.
(d) It was burned to the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the spring of 1944, what did Elie wish his father would do?

2. In Chapter 3, why did Wiesel get to keep his shoes at the concentration camp?

3. What interests did Moshe and Wiesel share?

4. What is Birkenau in Chapter 2?

5. What was Madame Schachter's frame of mind as she screamed on the cattle car in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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