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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many corpses were thrown from the wagon in Chapter 7?
(a) 20.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

2. Why was the dentist who did not pull Elie's tooth arrested in Chapter 4?
(a) For putting prisoners' fillings in guards' teeth.
(b) For threatening Elie's father.
(c) For not pulling Elie's severely infected tooth.
(d) For trafficking gold teeth.

3. In Chapter 2, a German officer who threatened to shoot the occupants of the cattle car compared them to what animal?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Rats.
(d) Dogs.

4. What was another requirement the Jews must adhere to, regarding their clothing?
(a) Each Jew had to wear black or grey.
(b) Each Jew had to wear a yellow star.
(c) Jewish children were no longer permitted to wear school uniforms.
(d) All Jews had to wear a black star.

5. In Chapter 3, what lie did Wiesel tell a man who was looking for Wiesel of Sighat?
(a) That the man's family was sent to the crematorium.
(b) That he knew the man's family was safe.
(c) That the man's family was at another camp.
(d) That the man's family had not been heard from.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 9 on April 5, how long did the prisoners stand inside the block waiting for an SS office to count them?

3. When the prisoners did eventually receive their freedom, what did they want in Chapter 9?

4. What was Wiesel's reaction to the event he witnessed later in life that reminded him of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners?

5. How did "selection" work?

(see the answer key)

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