After leaving the train, who did Wiesel see for the last time?

• his father

• his mother and father

• his sister

• his mother and sister

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Why didn't the prisoners taken to Auschwitz revolt?

• They had no weapons.

• The older men begged them not to

• They were too afraid.

• The women begged them not to

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How was Wiesel able to keep his shoes?

• They had holes in them and the SS officer didn't want them.

• No one wanted shoes worn by a Jew

• His shoes were covered in mud and went unnoticed.

• He hid them in a pile of straw and went barefoot for four days.

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What was Bela Katz forced to do once he was chosen for his strength?

• become a Kapo

• work for Dr. Mengele

• Throw his father in the crematorium.

• give away his shoes

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What were the prisoner's rations at each meal?

• Breakfast: coffee; Lunch: soup; Supper: bread

• Breakfast: water; Lunch: water; Supper: bread

• Breakfast: coffee; Lunch: nothing; Supper: nothing

• Breakfast: coffee; Lunch: lamb chop; Supper: soup

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One of the aides offers to get Wiesel and his father into a good Kommando on one condition. What is that one condition?

• Wiesel has to give up his shoes

• Wiesel has to give up tomorrow's ration of food

• Wiesel had to teach the aide to march in step.

• Wiesel had to smuggle

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Why couldn't Louis play Beethoven?

• Germans were not allowed to play Jewish music.

• Jews were not allowed to play German music.

• The Kapo smashed Louis's violin.

• The Kapo smashed Louis's fingers.

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Which of the following statements about Wiesel's Kommando is not true?

• The work was extremely difficult and strenuous.

• They had to sit on the ground and count electrical parts.

• The Kapo had fits of madness.

• Wiesel made two friends in his Kommando.

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How was Wiesel able to keep his gold tooth?

• He pretended to be sick.

• He pretended to have lost the tooth.

• He convinced the dentist to tell the Kapo that the gold tooth was no good.

• He gave the dentist his shoes in exchange for the dentist's silence.

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What was different about the hanging of the pipel?

• The pipel cried and begged for mercy.

• The Kapo said Kaddish for the pipel for executing him.

• The inmates were all forced to spit on the pipel's lifeless body.

• It took 30 minutes for the pipel to die.

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