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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) Hazy with a half moon.
(b) Full moon.
(c) Bright as day.
(d) Pitch-black.

2. What were Wiesel's feelings about selection in Chapter 5?
(a) He knew he was strong and healthy, so he was not concerned.
(b) He refused to take part.
(c) He was worried.
(d) He did not want to begin a new job.

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

4. What was Wiesel's feeling about the scene after the workman throws the bread in Chapter 7?
(a) Relief.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Uncaring.
(d) Sadness.

5. 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.

6. By Chapter 8, how did the existence of the chimney affect the prisoners in Chapter 8?
(a) They no longer noticed it.
(b) They felt fear and terror.
(c) They felt grief and depression.
(d) They felt anger and hatred.

7. What did Elie pray for regarding the actions of Rabbi Elichou's son upon remembering his actions?
(a) Elie did not want to be like him.
(b) Elie prayed that the son's actions would not cause the rabbi's death.
(c) Elie prayed to be spiritual.
(d) Elie prayed for medical skills so he could help others.

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

9. What was the workman's reaction as he watched the prisoners after he gave them the bread in Chapter 7?
(a) Horror.
(b) Pity.
(c) Amusement.
(d) Boredom.

10. Who did Elie find in a pile of bodies in the deserted village?
(a) Rabbi Elichou's son.
(b) His friend, Zalman.
(c) His friend, Juliek.
(d) Rabbi Elichou.

11. Why did Wiesel return the knife and spoon to his father in Chapter 5?
(a) His father needed something to remind him of Elie until the result of his selection occurs.
(b) It continued the secret code between father and son.
(c) It reinforced the fact that his father was not selected.
(d) His father needed them to work in the kitchen.

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

13. What happened after the round of selection in which Wiesel's father's number was called in Chapter 5?
(a) Elie's father was to be released from the camp.
(b) Elie's father was not selected.
(c) Elie's father was selected.
(d) Elie's father began his new job in the kitchen.

14. 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 took out the dead and burried them.
(d) They scoured the wagons with boiling water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened on the morning of January 29, 1945?

2. In Chapter 5, what did the prisoners receive the night before Rosh Hashanah, the last day of the Jewish year?

3. When a workman threw a piece of bread to the prisoners, how did the prisoners react in Chapter 7?

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

5. After the war, what did Elie learn about the Russians coming to the camp in Chapter 5?

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