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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Moishe the Beadle's economic status?
(a) Penury.
(b) Upper middle class.
(c) Upper class.
(d) Middle class.

2. How long did it take one of the hanged prisoners to die at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) About a half an hour.
(c) More than a half a hour.
(d) 20 minutes.

3. What did Moshe the Beadle focus on after his deportation?
(a) He devoted himself to helping other foreign Jews escape.
(b) He immersed himself in prayer.
(c) He was engrossed in getting others to listen to his stories.
(d) He planned an uprising against the Hungarian police.

4. What happened to the train on which Moshe was deported?
(a) The train was taken over by the Gestapo in Polish territory.
(b) The Gestapo ordered the Jews on Moshe's train car to unload and walk to the destination.
(c) The last few train cars derailed.
(d) The train crashed into a trestle.

5. What major event occured on April 11, 1945?
(a) The prisoners caused an uprising.
(b) Some of the remaining prisoners were shot while trying to escape.
(c) The camp was liberated.
(d) The war ended.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the people of Sighet regard Wiesel's father?

2. Where did Wiesel's group stay after being forced out of the ghetto?

3. Madame Schachter traveled with whom in Chapter 2?

4. As the prisoners took refuge in a deserted village after the evacuation, where did Elie find himself?

5. Why did Wiesel lie to the man who was looking for his family in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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