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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did others perceive Moshe after his deportation experience?
(a) They questioned his sanity.
(b) People regarded him as a great philosopher.
(c) They saw him as a prophet.
(d) They considered him to be a gifted storyteller.

2. What happened to the foreign Jews in Sighet when the Hungarian police arrived?
(a) They were systematically executed.
(b) They were put on cattle cars.
(c) They had to surrender all their possessions and walk to the nearest detention center.
(d) They were confined to run-down, unsanitary ghettos.

3. In Chapter 2, where was the first stop the train makes?
(a) Hronov.
(b) Prague.
(c) Kaschau.
(d) Brno.

4. In Chapter 4, when Wiesel was asked to report to the dentist, where was he coming from?
(a) Work.
(b) His block.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The shower.

5. What was Madame Schachter's frame of mind as she screamed on the cattle car in Chapter 2?
(a) She could not be consoled by anyone.
(b) The only comfort she found was in unconsciousness.
(c) She could only be consoled by Elie.
(d) She was comforted by the fact that the men would protect her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Birkenau in Chapter 2?

2. After tiring of her screams, what did the men finally do to quiet Madame Schachter?

3. In Chapter 3, why did Wiesel get to keep his shoes at the concentration camp?

4. How many prisoners gathered on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in Chapter 5?

5. Where is Sighet?

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