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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, why did Wiesel's father ask directions to the washroom?
(a) A friend of Elie's father was ill.
(b) Elie's father needed to wash a blood stain from his shirt.
(c) He needed to wash a wound.
(d) He was ill with colic.

3. What did the prisoners learn at roll call on April 5, 1945?
(a) The camp would be evacuated.
(b) Hitler died.
(c) They would be sent to the crematory ten blocks a day.
(d) The war was over.

4. What realization did Elie come to when he remembered the action performed by Rabbi Elichou's son?
(a) The rabbi's son was a caring, spiritual person.
(b) His medical training was crucial in this situation.
(c) The rabbi's son thought he had a better chance of survival if he was separated from his father.
(d) He had no control of his own actions.

5. As the train trip continued, what did Madame Schachter scream about in Chapter 2?
(a) She screamed about fire, flames, and a furnace.
(b) She screamed for more food and water.
(c) She worried that the train would derail.
(d) She continued to complain that she was ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a workman threw a piece of bread to the prisoners, how did the prisoners react in Chapter 7?

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

3. How many prisoners remained in the camp on April 10?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, who did Wiesel see wandering between the blocks?

5. What is "selection"?

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