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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 did some of the young do in Chapter 2 under the cover of darkness?

2. In Chapter 4, what was Wiesel's job in the camp?

3. In Chapter 2, what is Auschwitz?

4. In Chapter 3, what was the first impression of Auschwitz by the prisoners on their arrival?

5. What did Wiesel's family do while living in their house in the ghetto?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Moshe escape being killed when he was deported?

2. How did Moshe's experiences during the deportation change him?

3. What were the conditions like on the train at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 3, what did an SS officer tell the prisoners about Auschwitz?

5. What happened at the barrack where Wiesel and his father were taken in Chapter 3?

6. In Chapter 4, how did Wiesel describe the tent leader?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what did the Jews leave behind in the wagons?

8. What did Weisel want to do in the spring of 1944?

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

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

Prior to deportation, laws were put into place to control the Jews. What were the first laws that were enacted? How did these laws limit personal freedoms for the Jews? How did these laws condition the Jews to accept deportation? How did the laws accustom the Jews to obedience? Did the Jews tendency to follow the rules manifest itself in how they reacted when they were tortured in the concentration camps?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Although the book is filled with horrifying experiences, there are some instances of mercy. Describe three of these situations and how they affected the individuals involved.

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