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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the people who broke in and ransacked a neighbor's apartment report Leon's father to the Gestapo?
(a) He told them not to break into the apartment.
(b) He was not wearing a Star of David armband.
(c) He did not have a work permit.
(d) He refused to give them the key to the apartment.

2. What is foreshadowed by the Yiddish song "Oyfn Pripetchik" (called "On the Hearth" in English)?
(a) The war lasting from 1914-1918.
(b) The upcoming Thanksgiving season.
(c) The family's religious rituals.
(d) The forthcoming mistreatment of Jews.

3. Why did Leon's grandfather, Jacob Meyer, lease farmland from the Eastern Orthodox Church?
(a) No one in Poland at the time could directly own land.
(b) All citizens of Narewka chose to lease land from the church.
(c) He was unable to afford to buy the land.
(d) Jews were prohibited by Polish law from owning land.

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

5. How did Chanah and Moshe meet?
(a) Their marriage was arranged by their parents.
(b) Chanah carried water to workers, among them Moshe, in the field.
(c) They met at the factory in which Moshe worked.
(d) Chanah and Moshe met in the synagogue while reciting questions in Hebrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was going on a train ride exciting for Leon in Chapter 2?

2. Which word describes the way Leon and David responded in the days after their father is beaten and taken away?

3. Why did Leon's mother's siblings move to the United States?

4. Which aspect of the Sabbath did Leon particularly enjoy?

5. After the Germans first invaded in 1939, which country was most likely to help Poland defeat the Germans?

(see the answer key)

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