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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one way in which Moshe's job at Schindler's factory benefited his family and him?
(a) He earned enough money to stock up on food and essential supplies.
(b) He took classes to improve his engineering skills.
(c) He was able to bring home some of this lunch from the factory to share.
(d) He was able to convince Schindler to give Chanah a job there as well.

3. Why was Leon's father sought after by many factory owners in Krakow?
(a) He was an expert supervisor.
(b) He was a skilled painter of murals.
(c) He was an expert machinist.
(d) He was an expert electrician.

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

5. What happened when Leon's cousin Yossel asked his teacher if he could change his name to that of a Polish national hero?
(a) Yossel was told he was not allowed, as a Jew, to have a Polish first name.
(b) Yossel was sent to the hall for disrupting class.
(c) The teacher told Yossel that he should focus more on his studies.
(d) Yossel's teacher encouraged him to do so.

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

7. Which word describes the way Leon and David responded in the days after their father is beaten and taken away?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Determined.
(d) Ruthless.

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

9. Which of Leon's siblings was most likely to tease him?
(a) Pesza.
(b) David.
(c) Tsalig.
(d) Hershel.

10. Why did Leon not try to save Tsalig?
(a) He was afraid his family would have to relocate to another apartment if he did.
(b) He knew he would be endangering his whole family if he did.
(c) He was afraid they would discover that his father did not have a work permit.
(d) He was worried that his family members would lose their jobs if he did.

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

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

13. According to Nazis, Aryans were people with what characteristics?
(a) Blue eyes and blond hair.
(b) Brown eyes and brown hair.
(c) Brown eyes and blond hair.
(d) Blue eyes and brown hair.

14. Which of the following was true of Narewka in 1935?
(a) Its houses had indoor plumbing.
(b) Its buildings were mostly brick.
(c) It had electricity.
(d) Its streets were paved.

15. Which family member verbalized his or her worries the most?
(a) Pesza.
(b) Leon.
(c) David.
(d) Chanah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before 1939, what was the war that lasted from 1914-1918 called?

2. When did Leon's mother light the Shabbat candles?

3. Who were the Gestapo?

4. Why did Leon's parents no longer have money in a savings account in Chapter 3?

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

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