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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What filled the prisoners' brains at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Lots of regrets.
(b) Whirlwind of memories.
(c) Pain.
(d) Nothing.

2. How did "selection" work?
(a) The authorities randomly selected the numbers of prisoners for new jobs.
(b) The authorities did not share the process of selecting new prisoners for the camp.
(c) The authorities selected a certain group of numbers to be released.
(d) The prisoners had to pass tests that demonstrate that they were healthy and strong.

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

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

5. When a workman threw a piece of bread to the prisoners, how did the prisoners react in Chapter 7?
(a) They were too weak and indifferent to care.
(b) They threw it back at the workman.
(c) They drew straws to see who got the bread.
(d) They fought over it.

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

7. What was the reaction of the person Wiesel spoke to at the event that reminds him of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners?
(a) The person told Elie to mind his own business.
(b) The person tried to stab Elie.
(c) The person thought it was an act of charity.
(d) The person completely ignored Elie.

8. At the beginning of Chapter 6, how were the prisoners moving?
(a) Like automatons.
(b) Like robots.
(c) Like deer.
(d) Like bumbling bears.

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

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

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

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

13. In Chapter 6, why were the prisoners running as they were evacuated?
(a) They were running from the Russian army.
(b) The SS officers ordered them to run.
(c) They were trying to keep warm.
(d) There was a storm approaching.

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

15. How did Wiesel's father fare in the first round of the selection process in Chapter 5?
(a) He was to be released from the camp.
(b) He began his new job in the kitchen.
(c) He was selected.
(d) He was not selected.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what happened when Dr. Mengele called out numbers for another round of selection?

2. How dark or light was the night at the beginning of Chapter 6?

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

4. What does the author show about pain and suffering, particularly in Chapter 8?

5. Who or what was waiting for the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 8?

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