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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Leysons not have to face deportation?
(a) Moshe's work permit.
(b) Chanah's work permit.
(c) Their wealth.
(d) Their social status.

2. When did Leon begin publicly talking about his Holocaust experiences?
(a) Shortly after he began teaching.
(b) Shortly before the film about Schindler was released.
(c) 2 weeks before he began teaching.
(d) After the release of the film about Schindler.

3. Who were the Gestapo?
(a) Local Polish politicians.
(b) The German secret police.
(c) Regional Nazi administrators.
(d) Polish security guards.

4. Where did Leon and his family stay on their return to Krakow?
(a) A relative's apartment.
(b) An old dorm set up as a recruiting center for refugees.
(c) Their old apartment.
(d) A synagogue.

5. 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) He was unable to afford to buy the land.
(c) All citizens of Narewka chose to lease land from the church.
(d) Jews were prohibited by Polish law from owning land.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Moshe tell Chanah they couldn't return to Narewka?

2. What was the usual daily meal at Plaszow?

3. What sight did Leon want to remember forever?

4. Why did Leon's father work for free in Chapter 3?

5. How many casings does Leon say he had produced when Oskar Schindler asked him one shift?

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