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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, where was the first stop the train makes?
(a) Kaschau.
(b) Hronov.
(c) Prague.
(d) Brno.

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

3. How did the German officers keep anyone from escaping from the train in Chapter 2?
(a) They threatened to withhold everyone's food and water.
(b) They threatened to send everyone to the furnace.
(c) There was one officer to guard each Jew.
(d) They threatened to shoot everyone if even one person escaped.

4. Why did the dentist not pull Elie's tooth in Chapter 4?
(a) Elie said he was late for work.
(b) Elie said he did not feel well.
(c) Elie tried to run away.
(d) Elie said the tooth did not hurt.

5. What is Birkenau in Chapter 2?
(a) The reception area for Dachau.
(b) The reception area for Bergen-Belsen.
(c) The reception area for Kaschau.
(d) The reception area for Auschwitz.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Moshe the Beadle work?

3. How long did it take for the conditions on the train in Chapter 2 to become intolerable?

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

5. In Chapter 3, how did the man respond who is looking for news of his family after he spoke with Wiesel?

(see the answer key)

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