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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take one of the hanged prisoners to die at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) More than a half a hour.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) About a half an hour.

2. What were the people wearing who jumped into the wagon at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Striped jackets and black pants.
(b) White jackets and pants.
(c) Gray uniforms.
(d) Blue uniforms.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 4, who did Wiesel see wandering between the blocks?
(a) "Well-dressed" inmates.
(b) Young women.
(c) SS officers.
(d) Young boys.

4. What happened on the morning of January 29, 1945?
(a) Wiesel believed his father was dead.
(b) Wiesel saw his father taken to the crematory.
(c) The camp was liberated by the Americans.
(d) The prisoners were evacuated again.

5. What realization did Elie come to when he remembered the action performed by Rabbi Elichou's son?
(a) He had no control of his own actions.
(b) His medical training was crucial in this situation.
(c) The rabbi's son thought he had a better chance of survival if he was separated from his father.
(d) The rabbi's son was a caring, spiritual person.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, what were the prisoners forced to do in the first prison block when they arrived at Auschwitz?

3. In Chapter 7, when Wiesel woke up as he was transported with the other prisoners to the concentration camp, what was happening to him?

4. In Chapter 3, what lie did Wiesel tell a man who was looking for Wiesel of Sighat?

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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