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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 was Wiesel's feeling about the scene after the workman throws the bread in Chapter 7?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Uncaring.
(c) Relief.
(d) Hopeful.

2. What is one way that Wiesel addressed God at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Creator.
(b) Master of the Universe.
(c) Eternal.
(d) Comforter.

3. In Chapter 5, what did Wiesel find when he returned from work, when he still had possession of his father's knife and spoon?
(a) His father had been selected.
(b) His father's possessions were gone.
(c) He found a note from his father.
(d) His father had not been selected.

4. In Chapter 6, what did Wiesel say when Rabbi Elichou asked if Wiesel had seen his son?
(a) Wiesel did not say anything; he just shrugged.
(b) Wiesel told him that he saw his son sleeping by a wall.
(c) Wiesel told him that he saw the medics helping him.
(d) Wiesel said he had not seen the son.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many steps forward was every prisoner instructed to take at the beginning of Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 8, why did the prisoners feel this way about the chimney at this point in the story?

3. What time did the bell ring at the end of Chapter 5?

4. How many prisoners gathered on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in Chapter 5?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 6, what happened to Juliek?

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

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

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

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

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