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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the people of Sighet view the needy?
(a) They hated them.
(b) They were compassionate toward them.
(c) They did not particularly like them.
(d) They respected them.

2. At the end of Chapter 1, where did the Hungarian police send the Jews?
(a) They were jammed onto packed railroad passenger cars.
(b) They were forced to walk miles to their destination.
(c) They were crammed onto crowded cattle wagons.
(d) They were ordered onto filthy trucks.

3. What was the initial reaction of the men in the train car to Madame Schachter's screams in Chapter 2?
(a) They threatened to throw her from the train.
(b) They ignored her.
(c) They peeked through the bars but saw nothing.
(d) They tried to comfort her.

4. What troubling news did the people of Sighet learn in the spring of 1944?
(a) Hitler's army had strengthened.
(b) German troops were getting closer to Sighet.
(c) The deported occupants were executed.
(d) Their town would be turned into a concentration camp.

5. Who is the first person to be introduced in the book, Night?
(a) Elie's father.
(b) A Hungarian policeman.
(c) Elie Wiesel.
(d) Moshe the Beadle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Moshe's experience change him?

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

4. How did the people of Sighet regard Wiesel's father?

5. Where is Sighet?

(see the answer key)

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