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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interests did Moshe and Wiesel share?
(a) Discussing philosophy.
(b) Playing board games.
(c) Plotting against the Gestapo.
(d) Cooking.

2. How many words were spoken as the prisoners leave the train in Chapter 3?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

3. What did Wiesel's family do while living in their house in the ghetto?
(a) They offered rooms to relatives who had lost their homes.
(b) They were forced to cook for the German soldiers.
(c) They hid Jews who were trying to escape.
(d) They gave their valuables to relatives who could hide them.

4. When did Wiesel meet Moishe?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1939.

5. What did Wiesel believe when he and his father were sent to the right after telling their ages to the officer at Birkenau?
(a) He believed that he and his father would be separated.
(b) He thought they were in the fortunate group.
(c) He believed they were being sent to the crematory.
(d) He thought they would be shot immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the spring of 1944, what did Elie wish his father would do?

2. In Chapter 2, at one of the train stops, what were the occupants allowed to have?

3. In Chapter 3, what age did Wiesel claim to be?

4. What did the name Auschwitz mean to the occupants of the cattle car in Chapter 2?

5. Why did Wiesel lie to the man who was looking for his family in Chapter 3?

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