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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How dark or light was the night at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Bright as day.
(b) Hazy with a half moon.
(c) Pitch-black.
(d) Full moon.

2. What did Wiesel need to do because of his leg in Chapter 5?
(a) Go through the selection process again.
(b) Hide his injury.
(c) Have surgery.
(d) Plead with the doctor to keep his injury a secret.

3. What season was ending at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

4. What realization did Elie come to when he remembered the action performed by Rabbi Elichou's son?
(a) The rabbi's son was a caring, spiritual person.
(b) His medical training was crucial in this situation.
(c) He had no control of his own actions.
(d) The rabbi's son thought he had a better chance of survival if he was separated from his father.

5. Where was Zalman from?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Hungary.
(d) France.

6. Why did Wiesel's father make the request he did at the concentration camp in Chapter 8?
(a) He wanted Wiesel to have a chance for survival.
(b) He desperately needed medicine.
(c) He was exhausted.
(d) He wanted to be with his wife and daughter.

7. In Chapter 8, why did the prisoners feel this way about the chimney at this point in the story?
(a) They did not have the strength to care.
(b) They resented the way they were treated.
(c) They were afraid to die in that way.
(d) They were too grief-stricken to realize this was how their lives would end.

8. In Chapter 5, what happened when Dr. Mengele called out numbers for another round of selection?
(a) Wiesel's number was called.
(b) Wiesel's father's number was called.
(c) Neither Wiesel nor his father was called.
(d) Both Wiesel and his father were called.

9. Why did Rabbi Elichou's son perform the action that Elie remembers?
(a) He was tortured at the camp which caused him to go insane.
(b) He worked in the hospital at the camp.
(c) He wanted to get away from his father.
(d) He wanted to be a rabbi like his father.

10. What did Elie struggle to do when he found himself in the deserted village?
(a) Steal a gun.
(b) Breathe.
(c) Hear.
(d) See.

11. What did Elie find in the morning at the deserted village?
(a) Rabbi Elichou was dead.
(b) Zalman was dead.
(c) Rabbi Elichou's son was dead.
(d) Juliek was dead.

12. What feeling did Elie have toward Rabbi Elichou's son?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Pride.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Jealousy.

13. At the beginning of Chapter 7, in the early dawn light how much of a difference was there between the living and the dead?
(a) Barely a difference.
(b) The dead were gray, and the living were white.
(c) The dead were beginning to smell.
(d) No difference.

14. Who or what was waiting for the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Food.
(b) SS officers.
(c) Coats.
(d) Dr. Mengele.

15. How many prisoners gathered on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in Chapter 5?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) 900.
(c) 1,200.
(d) Thousands.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Wiesel's father fare in the first round of the selection process in Chapter 5?

2. How did Wiesel respond to his father's request at the concentration camp?

3. In Chapter 5, what did Wiesel find when he returned from work, when he still had possession of his father's knife and spoon?

4. What happened to Zalman in Chapter 6 when he collapsed with a stomachache?

5. What did Elie pray for regarding the actions of Rabbi Elichou's son upon remembering his actions?

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