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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. Why did Wiesel return the knife and spoon to his father in Chapter 5?
(a) It continued the secret code between father and son.
(b) His father needed something to remind him of Elie until the result of his selection occurs.
(c) His father needed them to work in the kitchen.
(d) It reinforced the fact that his father was not selected.

2. 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 fought over it.
(c) They were too weak and indifferent to care.
(d) They threw it back at the workman.

3. How many prisoners gathered on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in Chapter 5?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Thousands.
(c) 900.
(d) 1,200.

4. In Chapter 5, what did the prisoners receive the night before Rosh Hashanah, the last day of the Jewish year?
(a) Nothing--they were being punished for observing a Jewish holiday.
(b) Thick soup.
(c) Nothing--their religion prohibits them from eating on this day.
(d) A crust of bread.

5. What did Wiesel need to do because of his leg in Chapter 5?
(a) Hide his injury.
(b) Have surgery.
(c) Go through the selection process again.
(d) Plead with the doctor to keep his injury a secret.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 6, what happened to men who fell to the ground when they were being evacuated?

4. What did Wiesel and his father decide to do after hearing that the Russians may be approaching the camp in Chapter 5?

5. What happened to Zalman in Chapter 6 when he collapsed with a stomachache?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why would Wiesel's father not let him sleep in Chapter 6 while they sheltered in an old factory?

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

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

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

6. How were the prisoners crushed into the barracks when they arrived at Gleiwitz in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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