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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 scene similar to that of the workman throwing the bread to the prisoners did Wiesel witness later in life?

2. What was the workman's reaction as he watched the prisoners after he gave them the bread in Chapter 7?

3. What realization did Elie come to when he remembered the action performed by Rabbi Elichou's son?

4. How many steps forward was every prisoner instructed to take at the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. How dark or light was the night at the beginning of Chapter 6?

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 selection?

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

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

5. How did the prisoners celebrate Rosh Hashanah in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

9. Why could Rabbi Eliahu not find his son?

10. Why would Wiesel's father not let him sleep in Chapter 6 while they sheltered in an old factory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the book, Wiesel viewed his image in a mirror for the first time since his imprisonment. How does he describe himself? Why will he never forget the look in his eyes? Why is it significant that Wiesel refers to himself as a corpse? What does that symbolize to him?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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