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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 troubling news did the people of Sighet learn in the spring of 1944?
(a) Hitler's army had strengthened.
(b) German troops were getting closer to Sighet.
(c) Their town would be turned into a concentration camp.
(d) The deported occupants were executed.

2. What were the conditions for the Jews on the train in Chapter 2?
(a) There was a seating and sleeping area.
(b) There were games and a victrola.
(c) Each Jew had a sleeping bag and provisions.
(d) Crowded and hot.

3. How old was Mrs. Schachter?
(a) 20s.
(b) 40s.
(c) 50s.
(d) 30s.

4. At the end of Chapter 3, how long had it taken for the prisoners to arrive at Buna?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Five hours.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Three hours.

5. In the spring of 1944, what did Elie wish his father would do?
(a) Spend more time with him.
(b) Move the family to America.
(c) Help more Jews acquire safe passage.
(d) Sell everything and go to Palestine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the initial reaction of the men in the train car to Madame Schachter's screams in Chapter 2?

2. What was Wiesel's reaction to the thick soup offered to him the day after arriving at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?

3. What did the dentist find in Elie's mouth in Chapter 4?

4. How did Moshe's experience change him?

5. How did Wiesel's father respond to the order that Jews were not allowed to keep valuables in the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did a young woman pass as Aryan in Chapter 4?

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

3. How did Moshe's experiences during the deportation change him?

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

5. How did Moshe escape being killed when he was deported?

6. What happened to men who appeared to be strong when the Wiesel and his father were assigned to a barracks in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

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