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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 Wisel wonder about on the morning of January 29, 1945?

2. Why did Wiesel's father make the request he did at the concentration camp in Chapter 8?

3. What did the person who Elie found in a pile of bodies do as Elie fell asleep?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 7, in the early dawn light how much of a difference was there between the living and the dead?

5. What was Wiesel's reaction to the event he witnessed later in life that reminded him of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was selection?

2. What was the general attitude of the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 7?

3. At the end of Chapter 6, how did the prisoners quench their thirst?

4. Why did Wiesel have to go to the infirmary in Chapter 5?

5. Who was Meir Katz and what happened to him?

6. In Chapter 6, how far did the prisoners run and what condition were they in when they finished?

7. In Chapter 5, how did veterans of Buna describe the camp as it was two years ago?

8. How were the prisoners crushed into the barracks when they arrived at Gleiwitz in Chapter 6?

9. What advice did the Blockalteste give Wiesel regarding his father in Chapter 8?

10. How did Wiesel feel when he heard blessings to God by the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The mood of the book does not change when the prisoners are liberated. How do the prisoners respond when they are freed? Does their emotional state change when they know they are free? Why are they still suffering, even though they are no longer prisoners? Why do the prisoners not show joy and elation at being rescued?

Essay Topic 2

Father/son relationships were tested in the concentration camps. What are some examples of father/son relationships that broke down in the concentration camps? How was Wiesel's relationship with his father tested? In what ways did Wiesel succeed at the temptations caused by the tests he endured? In what ways did he fail the tests he endured?

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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