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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why wasn't Moshe fired by the new Nazi owners of the glass factory when all other Jewish workers there were?
(a) He spoke Hebrew.
(b) He begged not to be fired.
(c) He had been the first worker hired there.
(d) He spoke German.

2. Where was the Leyson family's new home in the ghetto located?
(a) A building at Lwowska 19.
(b) A building at Lwowska 18.
(c) A building at Lwowska 13.
(d) A building at Lwowska 10.

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

4. What was a way that Leon earned money in Chapter 2?
(a) He delivered notes for a neighbor, who paid his streetcar fare.
(b) He worked in a factory, even though he was technically too young to do so.
(c) He earned a set allowance every month for completing chores.
(d) He sold the fruits and vegetables that his father and mother grew.

5. In Chapter 1, which of the following had the most influence in Leon's daily life?
(a) Politics.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Religion.

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

7. Which foreign country posed the greatest threat to Polish Jews in the late 1930s?
(a) England.
(b) Australia.
(c) The USA.
(d) Germany.

8. 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 was referred by the glass factory at which he used to work.
(c) He told the owner how to open a safe.
(d) He saw an employment ad in the newspaper and responded to it.

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Leon born?

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

3. How many Jews from Krakow were to be moved to the ghetto in Chapter 4?

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

5. During what part of the year were Jews in Narewka treated differently?

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