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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. In Chapter 3, what was the first impression of Auschwitz by the prisoners on their arrival?
2. Madame Schachter traveled with whom in Chapter 2?
3. How did the Jews sleep the first night in the prison block at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?
4. Where did Wiesel's group stay after being forced out of the ghetto?
5. In German language, what did the French girl who witnessed the event while Elie iwa working tell him to do in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did some of the passengers let go of their inhibitions in Chapter 2?
2. What did Madame Schachter scream about shortly after the train stopped and how did that relate to what the prisoners saw when they got off the train cars?
3. How were the prisoners escorted off the train cars at the end of Chapter 2?
4. How did Weisel's attitude about food change in Chapter 3?
5. Describe the relationship between Moshe the Beadle and Wiesel.
6. In Chapter 3, what did an SS officer tell the prisoners about Auschwitz?
7. What happened to men who appeared to be strong when the Wiesel and his father were assigned to a barracks in Chapter 3?
8. What happened when the Jews walked toward the station at the end of Chapter 1?
9. How did life deteriorate for the Jews after the Hungarian police arrested the Jewish community leaders during Passover?
10. What happened to Moshe and his companions who were deported?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
As a teen, Wiesel wanted to study the Jewish Kaballah. What was the Kaballah? What was going on in Wiesel's life? Why did that cause him to turn to Jewish mysticism? How did the study of the Kaballah help him resolve some of the questions he struggled with at that time in his life?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Wiesel and his father had a symbiotic relationship. What is a symbiotic relationship? In what way did the two of them provide support and nurture for one another? How did their symbiotic relationship benefit them as they suffered in the concentration camp? How did the relationship keep the two alive?
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