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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hershel go to Krakow with his father?
(a) He preferred rural life.
(b) He was sent to a reform school there.
(c) He wanted to do something more "useful" than attending school.
(d) He was afraid that if he did not join his father there, he would not see his father again.

2. 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 4-foot-long ladder.
(b) He stood on a wooden box.
(c) He stood on a footstool.
(d) He stood on a metal shipping container.

3. What significant event happens when Leon was 8?
(a) He attended school for the first time.
(b) He moved to Krakow.
(c) He was no longer an only child.
(d) He moved to Narewka.

4. What kind of school did Leon attend?
(a) Mathetmatics school.
(b) Toolmaking school.
(c) Secret Christian school.
(d) Secret Hebrew school.

5. Why was Tsalig deported in Chapter 4?
(a) He did not have a Blauschein.
(b) He refused to answer the Nazis' questions.
(c) He did not have a job.
(d) He did not show up as required.

6. What became a preoccupation for Leon?
(a) Money.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Religion.
(d) Food.

7. After the Germans first invaded in 1939, which country was most likely to help Poland defeat the Germans?
(a) Italy.
(b) Austria.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

8. 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.

9. Which group did Hitler blame publicly for Germany's problems?
(a) Americans.
(b) Jews.
(c) Christians.
(d) Nazis.

10. What was the short name for Schindler's factory?
(a) Conamel.
(b) Enamel Contractors.
(c) Enamelware.
(d) Emalia.

11. What language did Leon and other Jewish children speak at home?
(a) Yiddish.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) Polish.

12. How many Jews from Krakow were to be moved to the ghetto in Chapter 4?
(a) over 50,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 1,500.

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

14. When did Leon's mother light the Shabbat candles?
(a) On Saturday evenings.
(b) On Tuesday afternoons.
(c) On Sunday mornings.
(d) On Friday evenings.

15. In which of the following fun childhood activities did Leon participate in Chapter 1?
(a) Jumping in the river.
(b) Playing baseball.
(c) Riding a bicycle.
(d) Playing basketball.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When were Leon and his family forcibly moved into the ghetto?

3. How was Leon singled out by his fourth-grade teacher one day?

4. Why was Leon's father sought after by many factory owners in Krakow?

5. Why did Leon not try to save Tsalig?

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