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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the spring of 1944, what did Elie wish his father would do?
(a) Help more Jews acquire safe passage.
(b) Sell everything and go to Palestine.
(c) Move the family to America.
(d) Spend more time with him.

2. What did Madame Schachter do after the confrontation with the men on the train?
(a) She continued to be hysterical.
(b) She finally calmed down.
(c) She became extremely violent.
(d) She became eerily quiet.

3. How many prisoners were loaded into the cattle cars at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) 75.
(b) 93.
(c) 100.
(d) 80.

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

5. How did the German officers keep anyone from escaping from the train in Chapter 2?
(a) They threatened to withhold everyone's food and water.
(b) They threatened to send everyone to the furnace.
(c) They threatened to shoot everyone if even one person escaped.
(d) There was one officer to guard each Jew.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Wiesel meet Moishe?

2. In particular, what did the occupants of the cattle car need in Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 2, where was the first stop the train makes?

4. How did Wiesel's father respond to his son's wish in the Spring of 1944?

5. How did others perceive Moshe after his deportation experience?

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