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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the spring of 1944, what did Elie wish his father would do?
(a) Sell everything and go to Palestine.
(b) Spend more time with him.
(c) Move the family to America.
(d) Help more Jews acquire safe passage.

2. What is Birkenau in Chapter 2?
(a) The reception area for Dachau.
(b) The reception area for Kaschau.
(c) The reception area for Auschwitz.
(d) The reception area for Bergen-Belsen.

3. Who is the first person to be introduced in the book, Night?
(a) Elie's father.
(b) A Hungarian policeman.
(c) Moshe the Beadle.
(d) Elie Wiesel.

4. How many prisoners were loaded into the cattle cars at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) 93.
(b) 80.
(c) 75.
(d) 100.

5. How did Moshe's experience change him?
(a) He lost interest in the things he loved.
(b) He attempted to leave his beloved hometown and country.
(c) He became optimistic about the situation.
(d) He tried to commit suicide.

6. How many words were spoken as the prisoners leave the train in Chapter 3?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

7. What happened to Madame Schachter as a result of the train trip in Chapter 2?
(a) She was shot by the Hungarian police.
(b) She became unresponsive.
(c) She went insane.
(d) She committed suicide.

8. In Chapter 2, how does Wiesel describe his train trip leaving Sighet?
(a) Comfortable.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Cold.
(d) Pleasant.

9. Madame Schachter traveled with whom in Chapter 2?
(a) Her husband and two oldest sons.
(b) Her ten-year-old son.
(c) No one.
(d) Her ten-year-old daughter.

10. In Chapter 2, where was the first stop the train makes?
(a) Hronov.
(b) Brno.
(c) Prague.
(d) Kaschau.

11. In Chapter 4, what was the dentist's punishment after his arrest?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Electrocution.
(c) Firing squad.
(d) The crematory.

12. How did Moshe tell Weisel he escaped the Gestapo in 1944?
(a) He stole a truck.
(b) He was shot in the leg and left for dead.
(c) He disguised himself as a Gestapo agent.
(d) He agreed to kill the Jews who were on his truck.

13. After they were shown the chimney at Birkenau, what was the crowd's reaction?
(a) There was a brief uprising.
(b) They cheered wildly.
(c) The crowd let out an audible sigh of relief.
(d) They were completely silent.

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

15. How did the prisoners in Chapter 2, have to arrange themselves on the train?
(a) They all stood.
(b) Most stood up, some sat.
(c) They crouched.
(d) They all sat crowded elbow-to-elbow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the condition of the main synagogue when Wiesel's group reached it?

2. How did Wiesel's father respond to his son's wish in the Spring of 1944?

3. In Chapter 1, what did Wiesel like about Moishe?

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

5. How did the Jews sleep the first night in the prison block at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?

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