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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take one of the hanged prisoners to die at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) More than a half a hour.
(c) 40 minutes.
(d) About a half an hour.

2. How did the prisoners in Chapter 2, have to arrange themselves on the train?
(a) They all sat crowded elbow-to-elbow.
(b) Most stood up, some sat.
(c) They all stood.
(d) They crouched.

3. At the end of Chapter 6, how were the prisoners forced to travel?
(a) Hay wagon.
(b) Truck.
(c) Cattle car.
(d) Passenger train car.

4. In particular, what part of the occurrence that Wiesel witnessed later in life reminiscent of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners caused his reaction?
(a) He noticed one of the homeless people pull a knife.
(b) He saw a prison guard strike the prisoner to the ground.
(c) Two children were trying to strangle each other for coins.
(d) One of the children looked like a friend he knew at Buchenwald.

5. What was Madame Schachter's frame of mind as she screamed on the cattle car in Chapter 2?
(a) The only comfort she found was in unconsciousness.
(b) She could not be consoled by anyone.
(c) She could only be consoled by Elie.
(d) She was comforted by the fact that the men would protect her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What filled the prisoners' brains at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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

3. How did others perceive Moshe after his deportation experience?

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

5. What interests did Moshe and Wiesel share?

(see the answer key)

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