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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Rabbi Elichou's son perform the action that Elie remembers?
(a) He wanted to get away from his father.
(b) He was tortured at the camp which caused him to go insane.
(c) He wanted to be a rabbi like his father.
(d) He worked in the hospital at the camp.

2. How did others perceive Moshe after his deportation experience?
(a) They saw him as a prophet.
(b) People regarded him as a great philosopher.
(c) They questioned his sanity.
(d) They considered him to be a gifted storyteller.

3. What did the chimney represent for the prisoners in Chapter 3?
(a) Food.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Death.
(d) Work.

4. What were the conditions for the Jews on the train in Chapter 2?
(a) There were games and a victrola.
(b) There was a seating and sleeping area.
(c) Each Jew had a sleeping bag and provisions.
(d) Crowded and hot.

5. In Chapter 3, what were the prisoners forced to do in the first prison block when they arrived at Auschwitz?
(a) Stand in formation for over an hour.
(b) Shower and then shiver and wait in the cold night.
(c) Run laps.
(d) Clean the entire prison block, top to bottom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the war when Wiesel met the woman who pretended to be Aryan rather than a Jew at the concentration camp, what did she tell him?

3. How did the Jews sleep the first night in the prison block at Auschwitz in Chapter 3?

4. When did Wiesel meet Moishe?

5. What did the SS officer do the prisoners in Chapter 3 the day after arriving at Auschwitz?

(see the answer key)

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