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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Rabbi Elichou's son perform the action that Elie remembers?
(a) He was tortured at the camp which caused him to go insane.
(b) He wanted to get away from his father.
(c) He worked in the hospital at the camp.
(d) He wanted to be a rabbi like his father.

2. Where did Wiesel's group stay after being forced out of the ghetto?
(a) In the middle of a field.
(b) A deserted warehouse.
(c) The railroad station.
(d) The main synagogue.

3. In Chapter 3, what lie did Wiesel tell a man who was looking for Wiesel of Sighat?
(a) That the man's family was sent to the crematorium.
(b) That the man's family was at another camp.
(c) That the man's family had not been heard from.
(d) That he knew the man's family was safe.

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

5. How did Wiesel know Madame Schachter so well?
(a) She was sitting next to him during the long train trip.
(b) She was his teacher.
(c) She was his aunt.
(d) She often visited his family's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did the bell ring at the end of Chapter 5?

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

3. What did the name Auschwitz mean to the occupants of the cattle car in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 3, what was the first impression of Auschwitz by the prisoners on their arrival?

5. What did Elie struggle to do when he found himself in the deserted village?

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