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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 refused to give them the key to the apartment.
(b) He told them not to break into the apartment.
(c) He was not wearing a Star of David armband.
(d) He did not have a work permit.

2. Which aspect of the Sabbath did Leon particularly enjoy?
(a) The business.
(b) The quiet.
(c) The academics.
(d) The work.

3. According to the prologue, how did Leon Leyson reach the controls of the machine he was supposed to operate in Schindler's factory?
(a) He stood on a metal shipping container.
(b) He stood on a wooden box.
(c) He stood on a footstool.
(d) He stood on a 4-foot-long ladder.

4. What was the name of the Nazi business owner who hired Leon's father?
(a) Oskar Schuncke.
(b) George Lansman.
(c) Oskar Schindler.
(d) Rudolph Luftig.

5. Who did Leon stand next to in the synagogue every Friday night and Saturday morning?
(a) Mr. Lansman.
(b) His great-grandfather.
(c) David.
(d) Jacob Meyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which foreign country posed the greatest threat to Polish Jews in the late 1930s?

2. In December 1939, what did Nazis decree that Jews could no longer do?

3. How did Moshe Leyson get a new job at a factory owned by a Nazi in Chapter 3?

4. Why did Moshe return home to Krakow instead of continuing to Narewka with Hershel?

5. Why did Leon's father and Hershel head back to Narewka?

(see the answer key)

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