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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Moshe Leyson get a new job at a factory owned by a Nazi in Chapter 3?
(a) He opened a safe for the owner.
(b) He saw an employment ad in the newspaper and responded to it.
(c) He told the owner how to open a safe.
(d) He was referred by the glass factory at which he used to work.

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

3. Before 1939, what was the war that lasted from 1914-1918 called?
(a) The Great War.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) The German-Polish War.

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

5. Who did Leon make friends with in the ghetto?
(a) The Apperson family.
(b) Yossel and Samuel.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Murray.
(d) Joseph and Stuart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Leon's mother, Chanah, obtain food for her family after Moshe was taken away?

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

3. What significant event happens when Leon was 8?

4. In Chapter 4, what was rumored to be happening to those who were deported?

5. Why wasn't Moshe fired by the new Nazi owners of the glass factory when all other Jewish workers there were?

(see the answer key)

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