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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. In the United States, what was the first job that Leon's father took?
(a) Diemaker.
(b) Department store salesperson.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Machinist.

2. What work-related physical problem did Leon develop?
(a) He sometimes could not stand.
(b) He got sores on his legs.
(c) He developed gout.
(d) He sometimes had double-vision.

3. Where was Leon taken after leaving Plaszow?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Finland.
(c) Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
(d) Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp.

4. How long did Leon stay at the munitions factory in Brunnlitz?
(a) Two years.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six weeks.

5. Where did Leon and his mother stay in the ghetto to which they were transferred in Chapter 6?
(a) An apartment with 3 bedrooms.
(b) A spot in the attic.
(c) A former synagogue.
(d) A storage shed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Schindler want a sub-camp built?

2. Why did Leon's father stay overnight at the factory where he worked in Chapter 10?

3. While he worked, why did a guard threaten to shoot Leon?

4. What request of Moshe's did Schindler agree to in Chapter 8?

5. Who tells Leon that his name has been crossed off of Schindler's list?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, why did Leon's mother make him leave soon after he found her?

2. In Chapter 10, how were trees that Leon saw sprouting new leaves on their train ride symbolic?

3. In Chapter 6, how did Leon, his mother, Samuel, and Yossel avoid the roundup?

4. In Chapter 10 and throughout the book, did Leon seem to survive more with luck or with cleverness and ingenuity?

5. In the epilogue, what are some of the reasons that Leon might not have wanted to talk about his Holocaust experiences in the United States at first?

6. In Chapter 9, what was a way in which Leon obtained more food?

7. In Chapter 7, how did Oskar Schindler get his sub-camp built?

8. In Chapter 10, why didn't Leon throw things at the defeated and captive German soldiers walking by as some other people did?

9. In Chapter 7, Leon went to see his father after he was whipped 25 times. Leon's father did not offer him any sympathy. Why might his father have not offered him any sympathy?

10. In Chapter 9, how were the bolts of cloth and bottles of vodka that Schindler gave his workers supposed to be useful?

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