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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 saw a prison guard strike the prisoner to the ground.
(b) One of the children looked like a friend he knew at Buchenwald.
(c) He noticed one of the homeless people pull a knife.
(d) Two children were trying to strangle each other for coins.

2. How old were some of the youngest from Wiesel's convoy in Chapter 4?
(a) 10 and 12.
(b) 13 and 14.
(c) 8 and 9.
(d) 10 and 11.

3. In particular, what did the occupants of the cattle car need in Chapter 2?
(a) Chairs.
(b) Water.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Warm clothing.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 7, in the early dawn light how much of a difference was there between the living and the dead?
(a) Barely a difference.
(b) The dead were gray, and the living were white.
(c) The dead were beginning to smell.
(d) No difference.

5. After the war when Wiesel met the woman who pretended to be Aryan rather than a Jew at the concentration camp, what did she tell him?
(a) She was severely punished for speaking to Elie when he was beaten.
(b) She is a distant relative.
(c) She is actually Jewish, not French.
(d) She saw his mother and sister go to a crematory at another camp.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, when Wiesel awoke, what was the condition of his father?

3. In Chapter 5, what happened to Wiesel's leg?

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

5. In Chapter 5, what happened when Dr. Mengele called out numbers for another round of selection?

(see the answer key)

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