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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 Leon's father and Hershel head back to Narewka?
(a) They went to retrieve items the family had left there.
(b) They went to try to avoid being conscripted into the war.
(c) They went because they were required to do so.
(d) They went to earn more money for the family.

2. What ominous sign happened on September 1, 1939?
(a) Poland invaded Germany.
(b) Germany invaded and attacked Poland.
(c) Poland announced that it was changing its government.
(d) The United States invaded Poland.

3. Why did Leon's father work for free in Chapter 3?
(a) He did it in order to have some protection against the Nazis.
(b) He did this in exchange for housing and food.
(c) The work enabled him to gain experience to open his own business.
(d) He was required to work, even though he was not paid.

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

5. In what kind of factory did Leon's father work in Chapter 2?
(a) A balloon factory.
(b) A glass factory.
(c) A paper factory.
(d) A clothing factory.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Chanah and Moshe meet?

4. In which of the following fun childhood activities did Leon participate in Chapter 1?

5. Why did the people who broke in and ransacked a neighbor's apartment report Leon's father to the Gestapo?

(see the answer key)

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