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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 is Auschwitz?
(a) The name of the train they were on.
(b) The reception center for Dachau.
(c) The name of the Hungarian interpreter.
(d) The name of the "station" where the train stopped.

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

3. In Chapter 2, at one of the train stops, what were the occupants allowed to have?
(a) Water.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Showers.
(d) Fresh clothing.

4. At the end of Chapter 3, how long had it taken for the prisoners to arrive at Buna?
(a) Five hours.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Four hours.

5. In particular, what did the occupants of the cattle car need in Chapter 2?
(a) Warm clothing.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Water.
(d) Chairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Birkenau in Chapter 2?

2. How did Moshe's experience change him?

3. Why was the dentist who did not pull Elie's tooth arrested in Chapter 4?

4. In German language, what did the French girl who witnessed the event while Elie iwa working tell him to do in Chapter 4?

5. What happened to the foreign Jews in Sighet when the Hungarian police arrived?

(see the answer key)

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