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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the SS officer do the prisoners in Chapter 3 the day after arriving at Auschwitz?
(a) The SS officers made them watch the crematorium.
(b) Forced them to march five miles.
(c) Withheld their food and water.
(d) Branded them with numbers.

2. Who is the first person to be introduced in the book, Night?
(a) Moshe the Beadle.
(b) A Hungarian policeman.
(c) Elie's father.
(d) Elie Wiesel.

3. In Chapter 3, when Wiesel's father asked directions to the washroom, what happened to him?
(a) He was ignored.
(b) The officer knocked him to the ground.
(c) He was sent to the crematory.
(d) The officer yelled racial slurs at him.

4. How many words were spoken as the prisoners leave the train in Chapter 3?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

5. At Birkenau, what did a fellow prisoner tell Wiesel and his father to do?
(a) Lie about their ages.
(b) Keep their eyes averted downward at all times.
(c) Smile.
(d) Be sure to tell the truth about their ages.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what was Wiesel's job in the camp?

2. What were the conditions for the Jews on the train in Chapter 2?

3. How did the others in the cattle car perceive Madame Schachter in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 4, what did the foreman want Wiesel to do?

5. How old was Mrs. Schachter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did a fellow prisoner advise Wiesel and his father in Chapter 3?

2. How were the prisoners escorted off the train cars at the end of Chapter 2?

3. What did Buna look like when Wiesel arrived in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 4, where did Wiesel say that he again met a woman he had worked with in the concentration camp?

5. What happened at the barrack where Wiesel and his father were taken in Chapter 3?

6. In Chapter 4, why was the dentist office shut down?

7. Why was Wiesel able to keep his new pair of shoes in Chapter 3?

8. What did the prisoners feel when they learned about the crematorium in Chapter 3?

9. Who was the head of the camp in Chapter 4 and how did he act?

10. What were the conditions like on the train at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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