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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 1, where did the Hungarian police send the Jews?

2. How many prisoners were loaded into the cattle cars at the end of Chapter 1?

3. What was another requirement the Jews must adhere to, regarding their clothing?

4. What happened to Madame Schachter as a result of the train trip in Chapter 2?

5. How did the Jews sleep the first night in the prison block at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the head of the camp in Chapter 4 and how did he act?

2. What happened to men who appeared to be strong when the Wiesel and his father were assigned to a barracks in Chapter 3?

3. How were the people of Sighet lulled into a false sense of security by the German troops who entered Sighet in the spring of 1944?

4. How did some of the passengers let go of their inhibitions in Chapter 2?

5. Why did the Jews conserve their food on the train to the concentration camp in Chapter 2?

6. How did a young woman pass as Aryan in Chapter 4?

7. What did the prisoners feel when they learned about the crematorium in Chapter 3?

8. Describe the relationship between Moshe the Beadle and Wiesel.

9. In Chapter 4, where did Wiesel say that he again met a woman he had worked with in the concentration camp?

10. What did the German officer and the Hungarian interpreter tell the Jews on the train to the concentration camp in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the beginning of Chapter 3, Wiesel was a fun loving, curious, and kind teenager, who became a survivor. Would Wiesel have been considered a compassionate person before the concentration camp? What events took place that caused Wiesel to lose his love of fun and his kindness? What did Wiesel see as he and his father adjusted to life in the concentration camp? In what ways did Wiesel become dispassionate? How was Wiesel transformed from a carefree teenager to a survivor who stumbled through his new life?

Essay Topic 2

The guards were brutal to their prisoners. How did the brutality affect the prisoners emotionally and mentally? How did the brutality affect the way that the prisoners treated one another? How much did the brutality they suffered affect the prisoners and the way they responded to people and situations?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, Wiesel's writing style changes. In what way does his writing style change? In what way is the writing more matter-of-fact and less complex? How does this change in writing style mirror the changes Wiesel was undergoing physically? How does this provide a realistic picture of how Wiesel and the others were fighting to survive?

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