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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) Comforter.
(c) Master of the Universe.
(d) Creator.

2. In Chapter 8, why did the prisoners feel this way about the chimney at this point in the story?
(a) They were afraid to die in that way.
(b) They did not have the strength to care.
(c) They resented the way they were treated.
(d) They were too grief-stricken to realize this was how their lives would end.

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

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

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

6. How did Wiesel respond to his father's request at the concentration camp?
(a) He was speechless.
(b) He cried bitterly.
(c) He argued with his father.
(d) He quietly accepted his request.

7. What is the importance of the knife and spoon given to Wiesel by his father in Chapter 5?
(a) It was a secret code between Elie and his father.
(b) It meant there would be a prayer meeting that night behind the kitchen.
(c) It shows how little they had.
(d) It meant Elie's father now worked in the kitchen.

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

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

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

11. What happened while Wiesel and his father were talking about the request his father made?
(a) The Russian army returned.
(b) Guards took Wiesel's father away.
(c) The air raid sirens wailed.
(d) Wisel's father died.

12. In Chapter 5, what did the prisoners receive the night before Rosh Hashanah, the last day of the Jewish year?
(a) A crust of bread.
(b) Thick soup.
(c) Nothing--they were being punished for observing a Jewish holiday.
(d) Nothing--their religion prohibits them from eating on this day.

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

14. In particular, what part of the occurrence that Wiesel witnessed later in life reminiscent of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners caused his reaction?
(a) He noticed one of the homeless people pull a knife.
(b) He saw a prison guard strike the prisoner to the ground.
(c) One of the children looked like a friend he knew at Buchenwald.
(d) Two children were trying to strangle each other for coins.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 5, what happened to Wiesel's leg?

4. What did Elie struggle to do when he found himself in the deserted village?

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

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