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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 7, in the early dawn light how much of a difference was there between the living and the dead?
(a) The dead were gray, and the living were white.
(b) Barely a difference.
(c) The dead were beginning to smell.
(d) No difference.

2. By Chapter 8, how did the existence of the chimney affect the prisoners in Chapter 8?
(a) They felt fear and terror.
(b) They felt anger and hatred.
(c) They no longer noticed it.
(d) They felt grief and depression.

3. What was the responsibility of the men who cleared out the wagons?
(a) They repaired the wagons.
(b) They took out the dead and burried them.
(c) They rotated the prisoners between the wagons.
(d) They scoured the wagons with boiling water.

4. How many steps forward was every prisoner instructed to take at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

5. What was the workman's reaction as he watched the prisoners after he gave them the bread in Chapter 7?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Pity.
(c) Amusement.
(d) Horror.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were there 100 passengers crowded together as they traveled in Chapter 6?

2. How did Wiesel respond to his father's request at the concentration camp?

3. What was the reaction of the person Wiesel spoke to at the event that reminds him of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners?

4. After the war, what did Elie learn about the Russians coming to the camp in Chapter 5?

5. Who did Elie find in a pile of bodies in the deserted village?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, how far did the prisoners run and what condition were they in when they finished?

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

4. What was the general attitude of the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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

6. What was Yom Kippur and what debate was there over the day in Chapter 5?

7. How did Zalman die in Chapter 6?

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

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

10. At the end of Chapter 6, how did the prisoners quench their thirst?

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