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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did others perceive Moshe after his deportation experience?
(a) They questioned his sanity.
(b) They saw him as a prophet.
(c) People regarded him as a great philosopher.
(d) They considered him to be a gifted storyteller.

3. According to the German officer in Chapter 2, what happened to any Jews who kept their valuables?
(a) They were shot.
(b) They were permitted to keep half their valuables.
(c) They were immediately sent to the furnace.
(d) They were separated from their relatives.

4. In Chapter 4, when Wiesel was asked to report to the dentist, where was he coming from?
(a) His block.
(b) The shower.
(c) Work.
(d) The kitchen.

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

6. After the war when Wiesel met the woman who pretended to be Aryan rather than a Jew at the concentration camp, what did she tell him?
(a) She saw his mother and sister go to a crematory at another camp.
(b) She is actually Jewish, not French.
(c) She is a distant relative.
(d) She was severely punished for speaking to Elie when he was beaten.

7. In Chapter 3, what happened to the Jews at Birkenau once they left the train?
(a) They were sent directly to hard labor in a rock quarry.
(b) The men and women were separated.
(c) The children and adults were separated.
(d) They were given food and water.

8. What did the name Auschwitz mean to the occupants of the cattle car in Chapter 2?
(a) A person's name.
(b) Death.
(c) A vacation.
(d) Nothing.

9. What were the people wearing who jumped into the wagon at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Blue uniforms.
(b) Striped jackets and black pants.
(c) White jackets and pants.
(d) Gray uniforms.

10. Whose number is A-7713?
(a) Yossi's.
(b) Franek's.
(c) Wiesel's father's.
(d) Wiesel's.

11. In Chapter 2, a German officer who threatened to shoot the occupants of the cattle car compared them to what animal?
(a) Rats.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Dogs.

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

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

15. What did the dentist find in Elie's mouth in Chapter 4?
(a) A silver crown.
(b) A severely infected tooth.
(c) A partial set of false teeth.
(d) A gold crown.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what were the prisoners forced to do in the first prison block when they arrived at Auschwitz?

2. In Chapter 3, how did Wiesel feel that he should have handled the results of his father asking about the washroom?

3. How did Wiesel know Madame Schachter so well?

4. At Birkenau, what did a fellow prisoner tell Wiesel and his father to do?

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

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