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 * Multiple Choice Quiz on Chapters 2 & 3 of Night**


 * Part A: Multiple Choice**


 * Directions**: Number a separate piece of paper from 1-15. Read the following questions and write down the letter of the best answer for each question.

1. A German officer demands the Jews on the train to relinquish all of their remaining valuables. What does he say will happen to anyone who refuses to do this? a. They will be beat b. They will be deported to the United States c. They will be shot on the spot d. They will be placed in solitary confinement

2. Mrs. Schachter lost her mind on the terrible journey. What does she keep screaming? a. Save my children! b. Help me! c. I hate the Germans! d. Fire! I see a fire!

3. What does the German officer say will happen to all of them if any of the 80 go missing? a. They will all be shot like dogs b. They will all be hanged c. The children will be taken away d. They will all have to haul heavy stones.

4. What do they do to Mrs. Schachter to silence her? a. They give her a shot of morphine b. They tell her they will kill her son if she does not be quiet c. They bind and gag her d. They throw her off the train

5. What are they told that makes confidence soar when they arrive at Auschwitz? a. Families would not be separated b. Only the young would work in the factories c. The old and the sick would work in the fields d. All of the above

6. What do they see when they finally arrive at Birkenau? a. Flames rising from a tall chimney into the black sky b. Thousands of guard dogs c. Their smiling families welcoming them d. American soldiers come to liberate them

7. When they depart the train, men are ordered to the left, women to the right. Who does Elie never see again? a. His father b. His mother c. His two older sisters d. His mother and his youngest sister, Tzipora

8. A fellow inmate tells Elie and his father to lie about their ages. How old do Elie and his father tell the guard they are: a. 15 and 50] b. 13 and 60 c. 18 and 40 d. 20 amd 50

9. Some of the young men have knives and consider to revolt. What stops them from doing so? a. They are discovered and quickly taken away b. They are shot on the spot c. Their fathers beg their sons not to be foolish d. They realize that they could never overtake the Germans with their guns

10. What does Elie see being unloaded from the truck and thrown into the flames? a. Dead bodies b. Babies and young children c. Old and crippled people d. Broken furniture

11. With whom does Elie become angry as he sees the horrors of the camp unfold? a. The Germans in charge b. The rest of the world for allowing this to happen c. His father for not taking his advice and leaving Sighet d. God, who chooses to be silent

12. Elie vows that rather than be taken to the crematorium he will do what? a. Try to escape b. Hang himself c. Insult the Germans so they shot him d. Run into the electrified fence

13. The SS force the strong men to work where? a. Digging mass graves b. As prison guards c. In the crematoriun d. In the factories

14. At five in the morning they are ordered out of the barracks and forced to do what? a. Run b. Soak in disinfectant c. Take a hot shower d. All of the above

15. What happens when Elie’s father has a colic attack and asks to use the toilet a. He is taken to the hospital ward b. He is slapped so hard that he is knocked to the ground c. He is shot on the spot d. He is given extra work duty


 * Part B: True or False Questions from Voices from the Holocaust**


 * Directions**: Number your paper from 1-10. Respond to each of the following with either T for true of F for false.

1. The leader of Germany during the Holocaust was Adolph Hitler.

2. The Nazis only wanted to liquidate those Jews who were not fit to work.

3. The Germans were kind to babies and very young children, placing them into orphanages or adoptive families.

4. Jews were ridiculed in public school and it was taught that the Jews were inferior.

5. Many former friends turned on the Jewish people during the Nazi occupation.

6. Often Jews were forced to dig their own mass graves

7. The Jewish ghettos were destroyed in order to drive Jews out of hiding.

8. Whenever possible, the Germans kept Jewish families together.

9. German soldiers threw babies into the air and used them for target practice.

10. Many Jewish families tried to hide their children in non-Jewish families in order to save their children’s lives.


 * Scoring**: There are a total of 25 questions on this quiz. Each question is worth two points, for a total of 50 points for the entire quiz.