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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, why did Wiesel get to keep his shoes at the concentration camp?
(a) Because of his age.
(b) They were covered with mud, so no one saw them.
(c) Due to an injury to his feet.
(d) He needed them for his job in the camp.

3. In Chapter 2, how does Wiesel describe his train trip leaving Sighet?
(a) Cold.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Comfortable.
(d) Pleasant.

4. 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?
(a) She saw his mother and sister go to a crematory at another camp.
(b) She was severely punished for speaking to Elie when he was beaten.
(c) She is actually Jewish, not French.
(d) She is a distant relative.

5. Several months after Moshe the Beadle and the other foreign Jews were deported, what happened to life in Sighet?
(a) Life returned to normal.
(b) The community leaders planned a large celebration.
(c) Virtually everyone left Sighet.
(d) The town became crime-ridden and economically depressed.

6. Where did the flames appear to be coming from that the Jews saw as they exit the train at Birkenau in Chapter 2?
(a) An overturned cattle car.
(b) A bonfire.
(c) A house.
(d) A chimney.

7. What happened to Madame Schachter as a result of the train trip in Chapter 2?
(a) She went insane.
(b) She became unresponsive.
(c) She was shot by the Hungarian police.
(d) She committed suicide.

8. In Chapter 2, what was the first thing the Jews swa as the train stopped before they got off?
(a) occupants of the camp lined up in formation.
(b) Men and women digging in a rock quarry.
(c) Barbed wire.
(d) Fire.

9. What was Moishe the Beadle's economic status?
(a) Upper middle class.
(b) Middle class.
(c) Upper class.
(d) Penury.

10. After the Germans arrested the Jewish leaders during Passover, what were the Jews required to do?
(a) Remain in their houses for three days.
(b) Attend formation every morning at dawn.
(c) Immediately surrender all their possessions.
(d) Leave the town and find their own accommodations.

11. In Chapter 3, what age did Wiesel claim to be?
(a) 21.
(b) 20.
(c) 19.
(d) 18.

12. In Chapter 4, what was Wiesel's job in the camp?
(a) He worked in the electrical warehouse.
(b) He assisted the camp dentist.
(c) He worked in the camp kitchen.
(d) He cleaned the camp showers.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose number is A-7713?

2. What happened to the train on which Moshe was deported?

3. How were the Jews supposed to get to the next prison block at Auschwitz?

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

5. How did Moshe tell Weisel he escaped the Gestapo in 1944?

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