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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what happened when Dr. Mengele called out numbers for another round of selection?
(a) Neither Wiesel nor his father was called.
(b) Wiesel's father's number was called.
(c) Wiesel's number was called.
(d) Both Wiesel and his father were called.

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

3. What was the responsibility of the men who cleared out the wagons?
(a) They took out the dead and burried them.
(b) They rotated the prisoners between the wagons.
(c) They scoured the wagons with boiling water.
(d) They repaired the wagons.

4. In Chapter 4 why was speaking German to Wiesel at the camp so risky for a young female prisoner?
(a) She could have been killed for speaking German.
(b) She did not know if Elie could understand her German.
(c) She was afraid of Elie's reaction.
(d) The authorities would have realized she was Jewish.

5. How did Wiesel respond to his father's request at the concentration camp?
(a) He argued with his father.
(b) He was speechless.
(c) He cried bitterly.
(d) He quietly accepted his request.

Short Answer Questions

1. After they were shown the chimney at Birkenau, what was the crowd's reaction?

2. What did Wiesel need to do because of his leg in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 4, what was Wiesel's job in the camp?

4. What is one way that Wiesel addressed God at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What was Wiesel's feeling about the scene after the workman throws the bread in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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