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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Pity.
(d) Amusement.

3. 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 told him that he saw the medics helping him.
(c) Wiesel said he had not seen the son.
(d) Wiesel told him that he saw his son sleeping by a wall.

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Wiesel not fast on Yom Kippur in Chapter 5?
(a) He joined the other prisoners in their refusal to fast.
(b) The doctor said he would starve to death if he fasted.
(c) He was rebelling against God.
(d) He was too hungry.

9. What is "selection"?
(a) The process of selecting new prisoners to enter the camp.
(b) The process of choosing who is released from the camp.
(c) The process of selecting prisoners for new jobs.
(d) The process of separating the healthy from the weak.

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

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

12. What did Elie struggle to do when he found himself in the deserted village?
(a) Hear.
(b) Breathe.
(c) Steal a gun.
(d) See.

13. What was Wiesel's reaction when he realizes his father is dead?
(a) He tried to commit suicide.
(b) He did not cry.
(c) He cried hysterically.
(d) He cursed his captors.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 5, how did the Rosh Hashanah service end?

3. What was the condition of the prisoners who took shelter in the deserted village as they traveled to the concentration camp?

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

5. What did Elie pray for regarding the actions of Rabbi Elichou's son upon remembering his actions?

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