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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take for the conditions on the train in Chapter 2 to become intolerable?
(a) Two days.
(b) One day.
(c) Four days.
(d) Three days.

2. In Chapter 2, what was the first thing the Jews swa as the train stopped before they got off?
(a) occupants of the camp lined up in formation.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) Fire.
(d) Men and women digging in a rock quarry.

3. Who or what was waiting for the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Coats.
(b) SS officers.
(c) Dr. Mengele.
(d) Food.

4. Where was Wiesel sent in Chapter 9 after his father died?
(a) To solitary confinement.
(b) To the camp hospital.
(c) To the children's block.
(d) To another concentration camp.

5. In Chapter 8, why did the prisoners feel this way about the chimney at this point in the story?
(a) They were too grief-stricken to realize this was how their lives would end.
(b) They were afraid to die in that way.
(c) They resented the way they were treated.
(d) They did not have the strength to care.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what did the foreman want Wiesel to do?

2. In Chapter 9, what did Elie want to do that he had not done since living in the ghetto?

3. What was the initial reaction of the men in the train car to Madame Schachter's screams in Chapter 2?

4. How did Wiesel know Madame Schachter so well?

5. In Chapter 3, what happened to the Jews at Birkenau once they left the train?

(see the answer key)

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