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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. In Chapter 4, what did the foreman want Wiesel to do?
(a) Steal electrical parts.
(b) Smuggle food from the kitchen.
(c) Smuggle soap from the shower.
(d) Give him his gold tooth.

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

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

4. What did the name Auschwitz mean to the occupants of the cattle car in Chapter 2?
(a) A vacation.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A person's name.
(d) Death.

5. How long did it take one of the hanged prisoners to die at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) About a half an hour.
(d) More than a half a hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the people of Sighet regard Wiesel's father?

2. What color was Tzipora's hair?

3. In Chapter 1, what art had Moishe mastered?

4. In Chapter 3, why did Wiesel's father ask directions to the washroom?

5. What profession did Wiesel claim in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did some of the passengers let go of their inhibitions in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 2 after arriving at the Auschwitz station, what did two men learn when they were sent to get water?

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

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

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

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 did Madame Schachter scream about shortly after the train stopped and how did that relate to what the prisoners saw when they got off the train cars?

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

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

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

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