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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what happened to the Jews at Birkenau once they left the train?
(a) The children and adults were separated.
(b) They were sent directly to hard labor in a rock quarry.
(c) They were given food and water.
(d) The men and women were separated.

2. What happened when Wiesel wanted to sleep in the snow?
(a) An SS officer threatened to shoot him.
(b) He got frostbite.
(c) His father kept him awake.
(d) His father covered him with a tattered blanket.

3. What did Wiesel's father ask Wiesel to do for him when they were in the concentration camp in Chapter 8?
(a) Let him die in the snow.
(b) Try to steal medicine.
(c) Escape.
(d) Beg the guards to take him to the crematory.

4. In Chapter 4 why was speaking German to Wiesel at the camp so risky for a young female prisoner?
(a) The authorities would have realized she was Jewish.
(b) She did not know if Elie could understand her German.
(c) She was afraid of Elie's reaction.
(d) She could have been killed for speaking German.

5. After Rabbi Elichou asked Wiesel about his son in Chapter 6, what did Wiesel remember?
(a) That the Rabbi's son was running ahead to get away from his father.
(b) That the Rabbi's son was praying.
(c) That the Rabbi's son was helping other prisoners.
(d) That the Rabbi's son was trampling fallen prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the prisoners learn at roll call on April 5, 1945?

2. In Chapter 5, how many crematoria work day and night?

3. In Chapter 2, a German officer who threatened to shoot the occupants of the cattle car compared them to what animal?

4. At the end of Chapter 6, how were the prisoners forced to travel?

5. What was the workman's reaction as he watched the prisoners after he gave them the bread in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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