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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. Why did Wiesel lie to the man who was looking for his family in Chapter 3?
2. At the beginning of Chapter 4, who did Wiesel see wandering between the blocks?
3. What did the chimney represent for the prisoners in Chapter 3?
4. In Chapter 1, what art had Moishe mastered?
5. In Chapter 2, at one of the train stops, what were the occupants allowed to have?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did life deteriorate for the Jews after the Hungarian police arrested the Jewish community leaders during Passover?
2. What happened at the barrack where Wiesel and his father were taken in Chapter 3?
3. 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?
4. Describe the relationship between Moshe the Beadle and Wiesel.
5. How did Wiesel describe Dr. Mengele?
6. How did Moshe's experiences during the deportation change him?
7. Who was the head of the camp in Chapter 4 and how did he act?
8. In Chapter 2 after arriving at the Auschwitz station, what did two men learn when they were sent to get water?
9. Why did the Jews conserve their food on the train to the concentration camp in Chapter 2?
10. In Chapter 3, what did an SS officer tell the prisoners about Auschwitz?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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?
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