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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Wisel wonder about on the morning of January 29, 1945?
(a) What took the Americans so long to liberate the camp.
(b) Where he would go now that he was free.
(c) Where they were being evacuated to.
(d) If his father was still alive when he was taken to the crematory.

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

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

5. As the prisoners took refuge in a deserted village after the evacuation, where did Elie find himself?
(a) Buried in a snowpile.
(b) Lying under a collapsed wall.
(c) Crushed in a pile of dying prisoners.
(d) Lying next to a dead SS officer.

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

7. What did the person who Elie found in a pile of bodies do as Elie fell asleep?
(a) Sang Jewish folk songs.
(b) Told stories.
(c) Played his violin.
(d) Prayed aloud.

8. In Chapter 7, where were the prisoners being transported to?
(a) Aden.
(b) Bergen-Belsen.
(c) Back to Auschwitz.
(d) Buchenwald.

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

10. How did the living feel when the corpses were thrown off the train in Chapter 7?
(a) Sad.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Glad.

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) His father had not been selected.
(b) He found a note from his father.
(c) His father's possessions were gone.
(d) His father had been selected.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 8, how many ranks were the prisoners ordered to form?

2. What happened to prisoners who were selected?

3. At the end of Chapter 6, how were the prisoners forced to travel?

4. What filled the prisoners' brains at the beginning of Chapter 7?

5. Why did Rabbi Elichou's son perform the action that Elie remembers?

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