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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Madame Schachter's frame of mind as she screamed on the cattle car in Chapter 2?
(a) The only comfort she found was in unconsciousness.
(b) She could not be consoled by anyone.
(c) She was comforted by the fact that the men would protect her.
(d) She could only be consoled by Elie.

2. What happened to the foreign Jews in Sighet when the Hungarian police arrived?
(a) They had to surrender all their possessions and walk to the nearest detention center.
(b) They were put on cattle cars.
(c) They were confined to run-down, unsanitary ghettos.
(d) They were systematically executed.

3. 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) Life returned to normal.
(c) The community leaders planned a large celebration.
(d) The town became crime-ridden and economically depressed.

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

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

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

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

8. What did the SS officer do the prisoners in Chapter 3 the day after arriving at Auschwitz?
(a) The SS officers made them watch the crematorium.
(b) Branded them with numbers.
(c) Withheld their food and water.
(d) Forced them to march five miles.

9. What was the initial reaction of the men in the train car to Madame Schachter's screams in Chapter 2?
(a) They threatened to throw her from the train.
(b) They ignored her.
(c) They tried to comfort her.
(d) They peeked through the bars but saw nothing.

10. Where is Sighet?
(a) Zohar.
(b) Israel.
(c) Transylvania.
(d) Spotsylvania.

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

12. In Chapter 3, who was in charge of Wiesel, his father, and the other prisoners in the prison block?
(a) Wiesel's father.
(b) An SS officer.
(c) A German prisoner.
(d) A Polish prisoner.

13. What interests did Moshe and Wiesel share?
(a) Playing board games.
(b) Discussing philosophy.
(c) Plotting against the Gestapo.
(d) Cooking.

14. How old was Mrs. Schachter?
(a) 20s.
(b) 30s.
(c) 50s.
(d) 40s.

15. Why did Wiesel lie to the man who was looking for his family in Chapter 3?
(a) He was afraid of the man.
(b) He was afraid the guards would for punish them for talking, so he tried to make the man leave quickly.
(c) Wiesel thought he was telling the truth.
(d) He wanted to give the man hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the people wearing who jumped into the wagon at the end of Chapter 2?

2. What were the conditions inside the synagogue while Wiesel's group stayed there?

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

4. 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?

5. How did the people of Sighet view the needy?

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