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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. What troubling news did the people of Sighet learn in the spring of 1944?
2. In Chapter 3, when Wiesel's father asked directions to the washroom, what happened to him?
3. What were the people wearing who jumped into the wagon at the end of Chapter 2?
4. What color were the eyes of the man who joined the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 4?
5. How did the others in the cattle car perceive Madame Schachter in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What did Buna look like when Wiesel arrived in Chapter 4?
3. Who was Madame Schachter?
4. What happened to men who appeared to be strong when the Wiesel and his father were assigned to a barracks in Chapter 3?
5. Describe the relationship between Moshe the Beadle and Wiesel.
6. How did Moshe escape being killed when he was deported?
7. In Chapter 2 after arriving at the Auschwitz station, what did two men learn when they were sent to get water?
8. 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?
9. How did Wiesel describe Dr. Mengele?
10. How did a young woman pass as Aryan in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There were warnings and predictions by people considered outcasts about the coming suffering for the Jews. Who was the first outcast that warned the people of Sighet of the coming trouble? What visions did Madame Schächte see? How did people respond to the warnings and the prediction? Why were the warnings and predictions ignored? What did Wiesel want his father to do when trouble was coming? What did Wiesel think might have happened if people had listened?
Essay Topic 2
When the German Army advanced toward Sighet, the people were not very concerned. What two warnings did they receive about the Germans? Why were the townspeople complacent about the arrival of the army? Did events ever cause them to lose their complacency? If so, how or why?
Essay Topic 3
Wiesel's faith changed while he was imprisoned. What was Wiesel's relationship with God at the beginning of the book? Why did he begin to grow bitter and resent God? How did the suffering Wiesel endured affect his faith? How did his relationship with God change?
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