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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Wiesel's group stay after being forced out of the ghetto?
(a) A deserted warehouse.
(b) In the middle of a field.
(c) The railroad station.
(d) The main synagogue.

2. In Chapter 4, what did the foreman want Wiesel to do?
(a) Give him his gold tooth.
(b) Smuggle soap from the shower.
(c) Smuggle food from the kitchen.
(d) Steal electrical parts.

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

4. Where did Moshe the Beadle work?
(a) A Hasidic synagogue.
(b) With Elie's father.
(c) He did not have a job.
(d) He taught religion at a high school.

5. 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 tried to comfort her.
(c) They ignored her.
(d) They peeked through the bars but saw nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Wiesel meet Moishe?

2. In Chapter 3, when Wiesel's father asked directions to the washroom, what happened to him?

3. What troubling news did the people of Sighet learn in the spring of 1944?

4. In Chapter 1, what art had Moishe mastered?

5. In Chapter 4 why was speaking German to Wiesel at the camp so risky for a young female prisoner?

(see the answer key)

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