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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what was the first thing the Jews swa as the train stopped before they got off?
(a) Men and women digging in a rock quarry.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) occupants of the camp lined up in formation.
(d) Fire.

2. What was Moishe the Beadle's economic status?
(a) Upper middle class.
(b) Penury.
(c) Upper class.
(d) Middle class.

3. How did the people of Sighet regard Wiesel's father?
(a) He was considered arrogant and overbearing.
(b) He was highly respected.
(c) He was known to be sensitive and emotional.
(d) He was thought to be untrustworthy.

4. In Chapter 1, what did Wiesel like about Moishe?
(a) The way he carried himself.
(b) His vast knowledge.
(c) His wide, dreamy eyes.
(d) His manner of speaking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Madame Schachter do after the confrontation with the men on the train?

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

3. What happened when Wiesel wanted to sleep in the snow?

4. In Chapter 2, how does Wiesel describe his train trip leaving Sighet?

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

(see the answer key)

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