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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scene similar to that of the workman throwing the bread to the prisoners did Wiesel witness later in life?
(a) A group of homeless people drawing straws to see who gets a threadbare scarf.
(b) Children pushing and shoving to pick up candy thrown by a street performer.
(c) People diving and fighting for coins thrown by passengers of a boat.
(d) Guards stoning a prisoner at a penitentiary.

2. How many prisoners gathered on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in Chapter 5?
(a) 900.
(b) 1,200.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Hundreds.

3. Why did the dentist not pull Elie's tooth in Chapter 4?
(a) Elie said the tooth did not hurt.
(b) Elie said he did not feel well.
(c) Elie said he was late for work.
(d) Elie tried to run away.

4. Before the prisoners were assigned to blocks in Chapter 4, where did they wait?
(a) Standing by the fence.
(b) On bleachers.
(c) Tents.
(d) Seated on the ground.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When a workman threw a piece of bread to the prisoners, how did the prisoners react in Chapter 7?

2. What did Wiesel and his father decide to do after hearing that the Russians may be approaching the camp in Chapter 5?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 7, in the early dawn light how much of a difference was there between the living and the dead?

4. Where was Zalman from?

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

(see the answer key)

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