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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 person who Elie found in a pile of bodies do as Elie fell asleep?
(a) Sang Jewish folk songs.
(b) Prayed aloud.
(c) Played his violin.
(d) Told stories.

2. What was the weather like at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) It was sunny.
(b) Icy wind was blowing.
(c) It was raining.
(d) It was snowing.

3. What happened when Wiesel wanted to sleep in the snow?
(a) His father kept him awake.
(b) An SS officer threatened to shoot him.
(c) His father covered him with a tattered blanket.
(d) He got frostbite.

4. What did Wiesel and his father decide to do after hearing that the Russians may be approaching the camp in Chapter 5?
(a) Elie chose to join the Russian army.
(b) They chose to remain in the hospital.
(c) They chose to hide in an air raid shelter.
(d) They chose to evacuate.

5. What did Elie struggle to do when he found himself in the deserted village?
(a) Breathe.
(b) Hear.
(c) See.
(d) Steal a gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what was Wiesel's father's frame of mind?

2. Where did a veteran of Buchenwald tell Wiesel that they would be sent at the beginning of Chapter 8?

3. In Chapter 7, when Wiesel woke up as he was transported with the other prisoners to the concentration camp, what was happening to him?

4. What filled the prisoners' brains at the beginning of Chapter 7?

5. Why did Rabbi Elichou's son perform the action that Elie remembers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Wiesel have to go to the infirmary in Chapter 5?

2. What advice did the Blockalteste give Wiesel regarding his father in Chapter 8?

3. How did the prisoners celebrate Rosh Hashanah in Chapter 5?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what did Wiesel tell himself?

5. What argument did Wiesel have with his father at the beginning of Chapter 8?

6. Who was Meir Katz and what happened to him?

7. Where did the prisoners take shelter in Chapter 6?

8. How did Wiesel feel about Rosh Hashanah in the past?

9. Who was Akiba Drumer and what happened to him in Chapter 5?

10. In Chapter 5, how did veterans of Buna describe the camp as it was two years ago?

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