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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Rabbi Elichou asked Wiesel about his son in Chapter 6, what did Wiesel remember?
(a) That the Rabbi's son was praying.
(b) That the Rabbi's son was helping other prisoners.
(c) That the Rabbi's son was trampling fallen prisoners.
(d) That the Rabbi's son was running ahead to get away from his father.

2. What was the responsibility of the men who cleared out the wagons?
(a) They repaired the wagons.
(b) They rotated the prisoners between the wagons.
(c) They scoured the wagons with boiling water.
(d) They took out the dead and burried them.

3. What scene similar to that of the workman throwing the bread to the prisoners did Wiesel witness later in life?
(a) A group of homeless people drawing straws to see who gets a threadbare scarf.
(b) People diving and fighting for coins thrown by passengers of a boat.
(c) Children pushing and shoving to pick up candy thrown by a street performer.
(d) Guards stoning a prisoner at a penitentiary.

4. In Chapter 6, in yet another selection process, what happened to Eli's father?
(a) He began a new job in the hospital.
(b) He was forced to tend the chimney.
(c) Elie's father was not selected.
(d) Elie's father was selected.

5. As the prisoners traveled on the train in Chapter 7, what did they eat?
(a) Rotten meat.
(b) Soup.
(c) Snow.
(d) Bread.

6. 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) The dead were gray, and the living were white.
(b) No difference.
(c) Barely a difference.
(d) The dead were beginning to smell.

7. Why were there 100 passengers crowded together as they traveled in Chapter 6?
(a) There were more prisoners to transport.
(b) There were fewer conveyances to carry the prisoners.
(c) The prisoners were so thin.
(d) There were fewer guards for the prisoners.

8. What does the author show about pain and suffering, particularly in Chapter 8?
(a) Pain and suffering are better than death because at least you are still living.
(b) Pain and suffering can be worse than death.
(c) They will always exist.
(d) Pain and suffering help to build character.

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

10. In Chapter 5, how did the Rosh Hashanah service end?
(a) Kaddish.
(b) Seder.
(c) Psalm
(d) Shabbat.

11. In Chapter 5, what did Wiesel find when he returned from work, when he still had possession of his father's knife and spoon?
(a) He found a note from his father.
(b) His father had been selected.
(c) His father's possessions were gone.
(d) His father had not been selected.

12. What was the weather like at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Icy wind was blowing.
(b) It was sunny.
(c) It was snowing.
(d) It was raining.

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

14. What happened to prisoners who were selected?
(a) They were sent to the crematory.
(b) Those selected were released from camp, then shot.
(c) The prisoners were required to begin their new jobs immediately.
(d) The new prisoners had to take care of the chimney.

15. What is one way that Wiesel addressed God at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Creator.
(b) Master of the Universe.
(c) Eternal.
(d) Comforter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, where were the prisoners being transported to?

2. What were Wiesel's feelings about selection in Chapter 5?

3. What realization did Elie come to when he remembered the action performed by Rabbi Elichou's son?

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

5. As the prisoners took refuge in a deserted village after the evacuation, where did Elie find himself?

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