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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Wiesel need to do because of his leg in Chapter 5?
(a) Have surgery.
(b) Hide his injury.
(c) Plead with the doctor to keep his injury a secret.
(d) Go through the selection process again.

2. What season was ending at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

3. In Chapter 5, what happened to Wiesel's leg?
(a) It was severely injured at work.
(b) It was broken during a fight.
(c) It was amputated.
(d) It became swollen.

4. When the prisoners found out that they could have soup, what was their reaction in Chapter 8?
(a) They fought over it.
(b) They drew straws to decide who got it.
(c) They eagerly devoured the soup.
(d) They were too tired to care.

5. In Chapter 6, why were the prisoners running as they were evacuated?
(a) They were trying to keep warm.
(b) There was a storm approaching.
(c) They were running from the Russian army.
(d) The SS officers ordered them to run.

6. What is the importance of the knife and spoon given to Wiesel by his father in Chapter 5?
(a) It shows how little they had.
(b) It meant Elie's father now worked in the kitchen.
(c) It was a secret code between Elie and his father.
(d) It meant there would be a prayer meeting that night behind the kitchen.

7. What did the SS officers call the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Flea-ridden dogs.
(c) Rats.
(d) Flea-bitten corpses.

8. What did Elie struggle to do when he found himself in the deserted village?
(a) Breathe.
(b) Hear.
(c) Steal a gun.
(d) See.

9. In Chapter 5, what happened when Dr. Mengele called out numbers for another round of selection?
(a) Wiesel's father's number was called.
(b) Neither Wiesel nor his father was called.
(c) Both Wiesel and his father were called.
(d) Wiesel's number was called.

10. What was Wiesel's feeling about the scene after the workman throws the bread in Chapter 7?
(a) Uncaring.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Relief.

11. At the beginning of Chapter 6, how were the prisoners moving?
(a) Like robots.
(b) Like automatons.
(c) Like deer.
(d) Like bumbling bears.

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

13. What filled the prisoners' brains at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Pain.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Whirlwind of memories.
(d) Lots of regrets.

14. What was Wiesel's reaction to the event he witnessed later in life that reminded him of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners?
(a) He offered to give money.
(b) He begged a participant not to do this any more.
(c) He stared, shocked and horrified, without saying a word.
(d) He tried to keep the children from hurting each other.

15. At the beginning of Chapter 7, in the early dawn light how much of a difference was there between the living and the dead?
(a) The dead were beginning to smell.
(b) No difference.
(c) Barely a difference.
(d) The dead were gray, and the living were white.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the reaction of the person Wiesel spoke to at the event that reminds him of the workman throwing bread to the prisoners?

2. In Chapter 5, what did Wiesel find when he returned from work, when he still had possession of his father's knife and spoon?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 8, how many ranks were the prisoners ordered to form?

4. In Chapter 8, why did the prisoners feel this way about the chimney at this point in the story?

5. Why did Wiesel's father make the request he did at the concentration camp in Chapter 8?

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