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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. How did the Jews sleep the first night in the prison block at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?
(a) Soundly.
(b) Restlessly.
(c) They were awakened every hour for roll call.
(d) The were not permitted to sleep.

2. In Chapter 3, why did Wiesel's father ask directions to the washroom?
(a) Elie's father needed to wash a blood stain from his shirt.
(b) He needed to wash a wound.
(c) A friend of Elie's father was ill.
(d) He was ill with colic.

3. In Chapter 3, how did the man respond who is looking for news of his family after he spoke with Wiesel?
(a) He cried bitterly and hysterically.
(b) He remained quiet and returned to his place in the ranks.
(c) He collapsed from grief.
(d) He wept with joy.

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

5. Before the prisoners were assigned to blocks in Chapter 4, where did they wait?
(a) Tents.
(b) Standing by the fence.
(c) On bleachers.
(d) Seated on the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Moishe the Beadle's economic status?

2. When did Wiesel meet Moishe?

3. In Chapter 3, what were the prisoners forced to do in the first prison block when they arrived at Auschwitz?

4. What is Birkenau in Chapter 2?

5. How did Wiesel's father respond to his son's wish in the Spring of 1944?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Jews on the train in Chapter 2 feel when they heard what the men who went to get water reported?

2. How did life deteriorate for the Jews after the Hungarian police arrested the Jewish community leaders during Passover?

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

4. What did the German officer and the Hungarian interpreter tell the Jews on the train to the concentration camp in Chapter 2?

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

6. What type of work was Wiesel given to do in Chapter 4?

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

8. How did Wiesel describe Dr. Mengele?

9. What happened when the Jews walked toward the station at the end of Chapter 1?

10. Describe the relationship between Moshe the Beadle and Wiesel.

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