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Leon Leyson
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The Boy on the Wooden Box Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which word best describes Leon's parents?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Extravagant.
(c) Industrious.
(d) Carefree.

3. In Chapter 2, what did Leon decide was the greatest invention?
(a) Indoor plumbing.
(b) Trains.
(c) Electricity.
(d) The lightbulb.

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

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

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

7. Why did Leon's mother's siblings move to the United States?
(a) To return to their family's cultural roots.
(b) To escape violence within their family.
(c) To escape religious persecution.
(d) To seek careers in the entertainment industry.

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

9. Why did the Nazi soldiers break into the Leyson family's apartment and slap Leon?
(a) He had refused to speak to one of them.
(b) They noticed that he was not wearing his required armband.
(c) He had disobeyed an order from one of them.
(d) They found out he was Jewish.

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

11. What did Mr. Luftig leave behind for Leon in Chapter 4?
(a) His book collection.
(b) His tobacco.
(c) His thermos.
(d) His silverware.

12. Who were the Leyson's neighbors in their apartment in the ghetto?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Luftig.
(b) Mr. Grayson and his children.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Lansman.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Morris.

13. What is foreshadowed by the Yiddish song "Oyfn Pripetchik" (called "On the Hearth" in English)?
(a) The war lasting from 1914-1918.
(b) The upcoming Thanksgiving season.
(c) The family's religious rituals.
(d) The forthcoming mistreatment of Jews.

14. Who did Leon's parents and many others in Narewka make a mistake of trusting in 1939?
(a) The Polish people who entered Germany.
(b) The Germans who entered Poland.
(c) The local merchants' association.
(d) The Lansman family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Nazi business owner who hired Leon's father?

2. In the prologue, why is Leon Leyson, the author and narrator, nervous?

3. How did Chanah and Moshe meet?

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

5. According to the prologue, how did Leon Leyson reach the controls of the machine he was supposed to operate in Schindler's factory?

(see the answer keys)

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