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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 3, what did Wiesel see in the flames of the crematory?
(a) His mother and sister.
(b) Children and babies.
(c) Moshe and Madame Schachter.
(d) His best friend from Sighet.

2. In Chapter 3, why did Wiesel's father ask directions to the washroom?
(a) Elie's father needed to wash a blood stain from his shirt.
(b) A friend of Elie's father was ill.
(c) He needed to wash a wound.
(d) He was ill with colic.

3. In Chapter 3, what age did Wiesel claim to be?
(a) 20.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

4. How did Wiesel's father respond to his son's wish in the Spring of 1944?
(a) He said helping more Jews was too dangerous.
(b) He reminded Elie of the impossibility of moving to America.
(c) He said he is too old to start over.
(d) He agreed to spend more time with Elie.

5. In Chapter 2, where was the first stop the train makes?
(a) Kaschau.
(b) Brno.
(c) Prague.
(d) Hronov.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what happened to Wiesel when he was working?

2. In Chapter 3, what were the prisoners forced to do in the first prison block when they arrived at Auschwitz?

3. In Chapter 4 why was speaking German to Wiesel at the camp so risky for a young female prisoner?

4. How did the people of Sighet regard Wiesel's father?

5. Where is Sighet?

(see the answer key)

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