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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, what did the prisoners discuss after several weeks in the camp?
(a) They tried to figure out who among them would be sent to the crematorium.
(b) They discussed their jobs in the camp.
(c) A reason for their suffering.
(d) They formulate an escape plan.

3. What interests did Moshe and Wiesel share?
(a) Plotting against the Gestapo.
(b) Discussing philosophy.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Playing board games.

4. In Chapter 2, first, what did Madame Schachter cry and moan about?
(a) She complained that she was ill.
(b) She moaned about the fact that they were all going to die.
(c) She complained about the conditions on the train.
(d) She cried about being separated from her family.

5. In German language, what did the French girl who witnessed the event while Elie iwa working tell him to do in Chapter 4?
(a) "Go to the infirmary."
(b) "Cry and let your feelings out so you feel better."
(c) "Seek immediate revenge on your attacker."
(d) "Bite your lip and do not cry."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many words were spoken as the prisoners leave the train in Chapter 3?

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

3. What was the condition of the main synagogue when Wiesel's group reached it?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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