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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of school did Leon attend?
(a) Secret Hebrew school.
(b) Secret Christian school.
(c) Toolmaking school.
(d) Mathetmatics school.

2. Why did Hershel go to Krakow with his father?
(a) He was sent to a reform school there.
(b) He wanted to do something more "useful" than attending school.
(c) He was afraid that if he did not join his father there, he would not see his father again.
(d) He preferred rural life.

3. Why wasn't Moshe fired by the new Nazi owners of the glass factory when all other Jewish workers there were?
(a) He spoke Hebrew.
(b) He spoke German.
(c) He had been the first worker hired there.
(d) He begged not to be fired.

4. Which moments does Leon say are the worst of his life?
(a) Learning that Germany had invaded Poland.
(b) Being ignored by his former friends.
(c) Watching his father getting beaten and taken away by the Gestapo.
(d) Seeing the Poles ransack the apartment of their Jewish neighbor who had fled.

5. In which of the following fun childhood activities did Leon participate in Chapter 1?
(a) Playing baseball.
(b) Jumping in the river.
(c) Playing basketball.
(d) Riding a bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which trait did Leon share with his new friends in Krakow in Chapter 2?

2. Why did the Leysons not have to face deportation?

3. In what kind of factory did Leon's father work in Chapter 2?

4. Where did Mr. Luftig promise to take Leon someday?

5. What became a preoccupation for Leon?

(see the answer key)

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