View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the living feel when the corpses were thrown off the train in Chapter 7?
(a) Glad.
(b) Sad.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Frustrated.

2. What does the author show about pain and suffering, particularly in Chapter 8?
(a) Pain and suffering can be worse than death.
(b) They will always exist.
(c) Pain and suffering are better than death because at least you are still living.
(d) Pain and suffering help to build character.

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

4. What was Wiesel's reaction to the event he witnessed later in life that reminded him of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners?
(a) He stared, shocked and horrified, without saying a word.
(b) He offered to give money.
(c) He tried to keep the children from hurting each other.
(d) He begged a participant not to do this any more.

5. In Chapter 6, in yet another selection process, what happened to Eli's father?
(a) Elie's father was not selected.
(b) Elie's father was selected.
(c) He began a new job in the hospital.
(d) He was forced to tend the chimney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scene similar to that of the workman throwing the bread to the prisoners did Wiesel witness later in life?

2. By Chapter 8, how did the existence of the chimney affect the prisoners in Chapter 8?

3. What is "selection"?

4. What realization did Elie come to when he remembered the action performed by Rabbi Elichou's son?

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. 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. In Chapter 6, what happened to Juliek?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 952 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample