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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. What was the responsibility of the men who cleared out the wagons?

3. In Chapter 6, what happened to men who fell to the ground when they were being evacuated?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 8, how many groups were the prisoners made to form?

5. Where was Zalman from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Yom Kippur and what debate was there over the day in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 6, what happened to Juliek?

4. What argument did Wiesel have with his father at the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. Where did the prisoners take shelter in Chapter 6?

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

7. How did Wiesel feel about Rosh Hashanah in the past?

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

9. Why could Rabbi Eliahu not find his son?

10. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what did Wiesel tell himself?

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 Germans used fire to get rid of prisoners. Why did the Germans see fire as a cleansing substance? How was fire used to destroy babies? Where was the place fire was used most frequently to kill prisoners? In what way does fire symbolize the anger of the Germans?

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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