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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 Elie find in the morning at the deserted village?
(a) Juliek was dead.
(b) Zalman was dead.
(c) Rabbi Elichou was dead.
(d) Rabbi Elichou's son was dead.

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

3. Who did Elie find in a pile of bodies in the deserted village?
(a) Rabbi Elichou's son.
(b) Rabbi Elichou.
(c) His friend, Zalman.
(d) His friend, Juliek.

4. When a workman threw a piece of bread to the prisoners, how did the prisoners react in Chapter 7?
(a) They drew straws to see who got the bread.
(b) They were too weak and indifferent to care.
(c) They fought over it.
(d) They threw it back at the workman.

5. After Rabbi Elichou asked Wiesel about his son in Chapter 6, what did Wiesel remember?
(a) That the Rabbi's son was running ahead to get away from his father.
(b) That the Rabbi's son was trampling fallen prisoners.
(c) That the Rabbi's son was praying.
(d) That the Rabbi's son was helping other prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the SS officers call the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. As the prisoners took refuge in a deserted village after the evacuation, where did Elie find himself?

3. What feeling did Elie have toward Rabbi Elichou's son?

4. In Chapter 7, where were the prisoners being transported to?

5. In Chapter 6, why were the prisoners running as they were evacuated?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, what was it like when winter came?

3. How did Wiesel feel when he heard blessings to God by the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

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

6. In Chapter 6, what happened to Juliek?

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

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

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

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

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