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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Birkenau in Chapter 2?
(a) The reception area for Dachau.
(b) The reception area for Auschwitz.
(c) The reception area for Bergen-Belsen.
(d) The reception area for Kaschau.

2. What did the name Auschwitz mean to the occupants of the cattle car in Chapter 2?
(a) A person's name.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Death.
(d) A vacation.

3. 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 believed they were being sent to the crematory.
(c) He thought they would be shot immediately.
(d) He thought they were in the fortunate group.

4. In Chapter 3, what was the first impression of Auschwitz by the prisoners on their arrival?
(a) They seemed dismal, but not disagreeable, conditions.
(b) The conditions were far worse than they could have imagined.
(c) The conditions were about the same as the place they came from.
(d) It looked as if the conditions would be more favorable than at the place they came from.

5. What color was Tzipora's hair?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what was the first thing the Jews swa as the train stopped before they got off?

2. After the Germans arrested the Jewish leaders during Passover, what were the Jews required to do?

3. How did the others in the cattle car perceive Madame Schachter in Chapter 2?

4. Where did Moshe the Beadle work?

5. According to the German officer in Chapter 2, what happened to any Jews who kept their valuables?

(see the answer key)

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