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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 6, how were the prisoners forced to travel?
(a) Truck.
(b) Cattle car.
(c) Passenger train car.
(d) Hay wagon.

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

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

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

5. What did the SS officers call the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Flea-bitten corpses.
(c) Flea-ridden dogs.
(d) Rats.

6. In Chapter 5, what happened to Wiesel's leg?
(a) It became swollen.
(b) It was amputated.
(c) It was severely injured at work.
(d) It was broken during a fight.

7. In Chapter 6, what did Wiesel say when Rabbi Elichou asked if Wiesel had seen his son?
(a) Wiesel did not say anything; he just shrugged.
(b) Wiesel said he had not seen the son.
(c) Wiesel told him that he saw the medics helping him.
(d) Wiesel told him that he saw his son sleeping by a wall.

8. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what was Wiesel's father's frame of mind?
(a) He was extremely angry.
(b) He was insane.
(c) He was giving up on life.
(d) He was desperate for Elie to survive.

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

10. At the beginning of Chapter 8, how many groups were the prisoners made to form?
(a) 25.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 75.

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

12. What happened to Zalman in Chapter 6 when he collapsed with a stomachache?
(a) He was shot.
(b) Wiesel picked him up and helped him run.
(c) Medics carried him on a stretcher.
(d) He was trampled by other prisoners.

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

14. What time did the bell ring at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) 5 p.m.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 6 p.m.
(d) 7 p.m.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Wiesel's father make the request he did at the concentration camp in Chapter 8?

2. Where did a veteran of Buchenwald tell Wiesel that they would be sent at the beginning of Chapter 8?

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

4. What happened when Wiesel wanted to sleep in the snow?

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

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