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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Wiesel's father respond to the order that Jews were not allowed to keep valuables in the house?
(a) He buried their savings in the basement.
(b) He surrendered their valuables to the Germans.
(c) He gave their savings to a relative who could safely hide them.
(d) He destroyed their valuables rather that surrender them.

2. What did Moshe the Beadle focus on after his deportation?
(a) He planned an uprising against the Hungarian police.
(b) He immersed himself in prayer.
(c) He was engrossed in getting others to listen to his stories.
(d) He devoted himself to helping other foreign Jews escape.

3. What happened when Wiesel wanted to sleep in the snow?
(a) An SS officer threatened to shoot him.
(b) His father kept him awake.
(c) He got frostbite.
(d) His father covered him with a tattered blanket.

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

5. At the end of Chapter 1, where did the Hungarian police send the Jews?
(a) They were jammed onto packed railroad passenger cars.
(b) They were forced to walk miles to their destination.
(c) They were crammed onto crowded cattle wagons.
(d) They were ordered onto filthy trucks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what did Wiesel like about Moishe?

2. In Chapter 6, in yet another selection process, what happened to Eli's father?

3. Before the prisoners were assigned to blocks in Chapter 4, where did they wait?

4. How did Wiesel's father fare in the first round of the selection process in Chapter 5?

5. What happened to the train on which Moshe was deported?

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