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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 3, how did Wiesel feel that he should have handled the results of his father asking about the washroom?
(a) He should have run and hid.
(b) He should have repeated the question.
(c) He should have yelled racial slurs back at the attacker.
(d) He should have attacked the assailant.

2. Where did Wiesel's group stay after being forced out of the ghetto?
(a) The railroad station.
(b) A deserted warehouse.
(c) In the middle of a field.
(d) The main synagogue.

3. What did the SS officers call the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Flea-ridden dogs.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Rats.
(d) Flea-bitten corpses.

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

5. What did Elie pray for regarding the actions of Rabbi Elichou's son upon remembering his actions?
(a) Elie prayed to be spiritual.
(b) Elie did not want to be like him.
(c) Elie prayed for medical skills so he could help others.
(d) Elie prayed that the son's actions would not cause the rabbi's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Elie struggle to do when he found himself in the deserted village?

2. In Chapter 2, what is Auschwitz?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 6, how were the prisoners moving?

4. After Rabbi Elichou asked Wiesel about his son in Chapter 6, what did Wiesel remember?

5. What season was ending at the beginning of Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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