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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 the condition of the main synagogue when Wiesel's group reached it?
(a) It was vandalized.
(b) The Gestapo kept it clean to lull the Jews into a false sense of security.
(c) The Gestapo kept it clean to make outsiders think they were humane.
(d) It was burned to the ground.

2. What happened while the prisoners were at assembly on April 10, 1945?
(a) A group of prisoners rushed the gates.
(b) The air raid sirens sounded.
(c) The war ended.
(d) Tanks crashed through the gates.

3. What color was Tzipora's hair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

4. When a workman threw a piece of bread to the prisoners, how did the prisoners react in Chapter 7?
(a) They threw it back at the workman.
(b) They drew straws to see who got the bread.
(c) They were too weak and indifferent to care.
(d) They fought over it.

5. What was the workman's reaction as he watched the prisoners after he gave them the bread in Chapter 7?
(a) Pity.
(b) Amusement.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Horror.

Short Answer Questions

1. Several months after Moshe the Beadle and the other foreign Jews were deported, what happened to life in Sighet?

2. In Chapter 2, first, what did Madame Schachter cry and moan about?

3. In Chapter 4 why was speaking German to Wiesel at the camp so risky for a young female prisoner?

4. How were the Jews supposed to get to the next prison block at Auschwitz?

5. What is the result of the event which occured on April 10, 1945, while the prisoners were at roll call?

(see the answer key)

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