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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. At the beginning of Chapter 4, who did Wiesel see wandering between the blocks?
(a) Young women.
(b) "Well-dressed" inmates.
(c) Young boys.
(d) SS officers.

2. How long did it take for the conditions on the train in Chapter 2 to become intolerable?
(a) Four days.
(b) One day.
(c) Three days.
(d) Two days.

3. What did Moshe the Beadle focus on after his deportation?
(a) He planned an uprising against the Hungarian police.
(b) He immersed himself in prayer.
(c) He was engrossed in getting others to listen to his stories.
(d) He devoted himself to helping other foreign Jews escape.

4. Where did Wiesel's group stay after being forced out of the ghetto?
(a) A deserted warehouse.
(b) In the middle of a field.
(c) The railroad station.
(d) The main synagogue.

5. In Chapter 2, first, what did Madame Schachter cry and moan about?
(a) She complained that she was ill.
(b) She cried about being separated from her family.
(c) She complained about the conditions on the train.
(d) She moaned about the fact that they were all going to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what was the dentist's punishment after his arrest?

2. Madame Schachter traveled with whom in Chapter 2?

3. In the spring of 1944, what did the people of Sighet believe about Hitler?

4. How long did it take one of the hanged prisoners to die at the end of Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 3, what age did Wiesel claim to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Weisel want to do in the spring of 1944?

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

3. Why did the Jews conserve their food on the train to the concentration camp in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 4, how did Wiesel describe the tent leader?

5. What did the tent leader's aide want from Wiesel and what would he give in return in Chapter 4?

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

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

8. How were the people of Sighet lulled into a false sense of security by the German troops who entered Sighet in the spring of 1944?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what did the Jews leave behind in the wagons?

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

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