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- 1. Multiple Choice
What were the first instructions shouted at Elie and his family as they got off the train at Auschwitz?
"Go back home!"
"Good evening!"
"Men to the left! Women to the right!"
"What is your name?"
- 2. Multiple Choice
Upon their arrival to Auschwitz, one of the inmates gives Elie and his father some advice. What is this advice?
The inmate tells them to kill the SS officers.
The inmate tells them to lie about their ages.
The inmate asks where they are from.
The inmate was their neighbor back in Sighet.
- 3. Multiple Choice
After Elie and his father pass Dr. Mengele, they witness the burning of children and babies in a nearby ditch. What effect does this have on Elie? (Select the 2 answers that apply)
It makes Elie want to run into the electrified barbed wire surrounding the camp. This would lead to a faster death than fire.
Elie leaves his father to join his mother's side.
Elie begins to question his faith/religion.
Elie hurdles the perimeter fence and runs away from Auschwitz.
- 4. Multiple Choice
While only two steps away from the pit of flames, Elie and his father were directed to make sharp left turn and head into the ______________.
cafeteria
hospital
barber shop
barracks
- 5. Multiple Choice
Once in the barracks, Elie and his father were instructed to strip off their clothes. They were only allowed to hold on to their _______________ and ______________.
hats, shoes
belts, shoes
socks, shoes
belts, socks
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does Elie witness in chapter three that he claims wouldn't have gone unpunished earlier in his life?
He sees his mom taken to the crematorium.
He witnessed one of his sisters being killed.
He watched infants being disposed of in the fire pits.
He witnessed his father being struck to the ground.
- 7. Multiple Choice
The word 'harangued' is used in chapter 3 to describe a conversation between an SS officer and the Jewish inmates. What does 'harangued' mean?
to aggressively lecture someone.
to physically beat someone.
to aggressively praise someone.
to follow someone.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Each prisoner was assigned a number and had it tattooed on their arms. Elie was A-7713. Who tattooed the new prisoners as they arrived at the camp?
The SS officers tattooed the inmates.
Citizens from the nearest German town were brought in to tattoo the inmates.
Veteran prisoners tattooed the inmates.
To his amazement, Elie's mother had been assigned the duty of tattooing inmates.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why did Elie lie to Stein, the man his father didn't recognize as a relative?
He hated Stein.
Elie knew his father hated Stein, so he lied to him.
Stein's wife was Elie's least favorite teacher from Sighet.
Elie wanted to give Stein hope that his family was still alive.
- 10. Multiple Choice
When a transport arrived from Antwerp, Belgium, Stein was given the real news. What does Elie mean when he says this?
Stein's family is dead.
Stein was to be liberated immediately.
The war had just ended!
Stein would be promoted to bunk president.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Elie and his father are skilled workers.
True
False
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the camp that Elie and his father are transported to at the end of chapter 3?
Birkenau
Blitzkreig
Dachau
Buna
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who decides where the Jews go (to the left or to the right)?Dr. JekelThe KapoDr. MengeleDr. Jones - 14. Multiple ChoiceWhen questioned by the S.S. officer, why did Elie lie about his age and occupation?He thought that if he said he was 18 that he would be treated a little better.He knew that being 18 would mean that he is adult.An inmate told him to say he was 18.He heard rumors that 18 was the best age to be in the eyes of the Nazis.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the first horrifying sight that Elie at first disbelieved?He saw children being thrown into the flamesHe saw a Nazi officer shoot a dog.He saw his sister and mother beaten.He saw the Nazis were forcibly shaving Jewish heads.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the best explanation to the following quote:
"Never shall I forget these flames which consumed my faith forever."The flames are burned into his brain, and seeing the flames and Nazi treatment of Jews caused him to lose his hope in humanity and his faith in God.He witnessed the Nazis burning down the synagogue he had attended as a child.He knew that the Nazis had burned the ghetto to the ground and he wouldn't forget it.He could never forget how the Nazis hate was like a big burning fire that never went out. - 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat identification was used on the prisoners?A nametagA tattooA lanyardTheir last name on the back of their shirt
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the prisoner in charge of Elie’s block removed?He was too mean.He got sick.He was too physically violent.He was too kind.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Eliezer lie and tell the SS that he is a farmer, instead of admitting he is a student?He wants to work in the fields and not in the school.He wants them to know he shouldn't be in the camp.He wants them to think he is strong and can do work.He wants to be a farmer anyway, so he's reinventing himself.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhen the Wiesel family exits the train, the SS officer says, "Men to the left! Women to the right!" This is the last time Elie Wiesel will ever seehis father.his mother and his sister Tzipora.his sisters Hilda and Bea.his mother and all his sisters.
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