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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the train trip continued, what did Madame Schachter scream about in Chapter 2?
(a) She worried that the train would derail.
(b) She screamed for more food and water.
(c) She continued to complain that she was ill.
(d) She screamed about fire, flames, and a furnace.

2. How did Wiesel know Madame Schachter so well?
(a) She was his teacher.
(b) She often visited his family's home.
(c) She was sitting next to him during the long train trip.
(d) She was his aunt.

3. In Chapter 1, what art had Moishe mastered?
(a) Making himself insignificant, invisible.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Making himself very noticeable.
(d) Drawing.

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

5. After the Germans arrested the Jewish leaders during Passover, what were the Jews required to do?
(a) Remain in their houses for three days.
(b) Immediately surrender all their possessions.
(c) Attend formation every morning at dawn.
(d) Leave the town and find their own accommodations.

6. In Chapter 3, how did the man respond who is looking for news of his family after he spoke with Wiesel?
(a) He cried bitterly and hysterically.
(b) He collapsed from grief.
(c) He remained quiet and returned to his place in the ranks.
(d) He wept with joy.

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

8. At the end of Chapter 1, where did the Hungarian police send the Jews?
(a) They were crammed onto crowded cattle wagons.
(b) They were ordered onto filthy trucks.
(c) They were jammed onto packed railroad passenger cars.
(d) They were forced to walk miles to their destination.

9. In the spring of 1944, what did the people of Sighet believe about Hitler?
(a) They thought his troops were turning on him.
(b) That he would conquer all of Europe.
(c) That he was killed or went into hiding.
(d) That he would soon be defeated.

10. Several months after Moshe the Beadle and the other foreign Jews were deported, what happened to life in Sighet?
(a) Virtually everyone left Sighet.
(b) The community leaders planned a large celebration.
(c) The town became crime-ridden and economically depressed.
(d) Life returned to normal.

11. In Chapter 3, what was the first impression of Auschwitz by the prisoners on their arrival?
(a) They seemed dismal, but not disagreeable, conditions.
(b) The conditions were far worse than they could have imagined.
(c) It looked as if the conditions would be more favorable than at the place they came from.
(d) The conditions were about the same as the place they came from.

12. 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.

13. What was Elie's reaction to the foreman's demand in Chapter 4?
(a) Elie refused to give the foreman his tooth.
(b) Elie agreed to steal electrical parts.
(c) Elie refused to smuggle food.
(d) Elie agreed to smuggle soap.

14. In particular, what did the occupants of the cattle car need in Chapter 2?
(a) Chairs.
(b) Water.
(c) Warm clothing.
(d) Medicine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Moishe the Beadle's economic status?

2. What did Wiesel believe when he and his father were sent to the right after telling their ages to the officer at Birkenau?

3. How did the others in the cattle car perceive Madame Schachter in Chapter 2?

4. What was another requirement the Jews must adhere to, regarding their clothing?

5. In Chapter 3, what happened to the man who was looking for his family learned the truth?

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