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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the war, what did Elie learn about the Russians coming to the camp in Chapter 5?
(a) The Russians never entered the camp.
(b) Anyone who remained in camp was taken prisoner by the Russians.
(c) The Russians liberated those in the hospital two days after the evacuation.
(d) The camp authorities massacred everyone who remained in camp.

2. Why did Wiesel's father make the request he did at the concentration camp in Chapter 8?
(a) He wanted to be with his wife and daughter.
(b) He desperately needed medicine.
(c) He wanted Wiesel to have a chance for survival.
(d) He was exhausted.

3. In Chapter 6, what did Wiesel say when Rabbi Elichou asked if Wiesel had seen his son?
(a) Wiesel told him that he saw his son sleeping by a wall.
(b) Wiesel told him that he saw the medics helping him.
(c) Wiesel said he had not seen the son.
(d) Wiesel did not say anything; he just shrugged.

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

5. Who or what was waiting for the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Coats.
(b) Dr. Mengele.
(c) Food.
(d) SS officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened on the morning of January 29, 1945?

2. After Rabbi Elichou asked Wiesel about his son in Chapter 6, what did Wiesel remember?

3. In Chapter 7, where were the prisoners being transported to?

4. How did Wiesel's father fare in the first round of the selection process in Chapter 5?

5. What happened while Wiesel and his father were talking about the request his father made?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Wiesel feel when he heard blessings to God by the prisoners at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. How did Wiesel feel about Rosh Hashanah in the past?

3. Why could Rabbi Eliahu not find his son?

4. Why would Wiesel's father not let him sleep in Chapter 6 while they sheltered in an old factory?

5. What was selection?

6. In Chapter 5, how did veterans of Buna describe the camp as it was two years ago?

7. At the end of Chapter 6, how did the prisoners quench their thirst?

8. Who was Meir Katz and what happened to him?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what did Wiesel tell himself?

10. Who was Akiba Drumer and what happened to him in Chapter 5?

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