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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did it take Moshe to save enough to be able to move his family to Krakow?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 6 years.

3. Before 1939, what was the war that lasted from 1914-1918 called?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) The German-Polish War.
(d) The Great War.

4. What kind of work did Leon's mother do?
(a) She worked in a brush factory.
(b) She cooked and cleaned for another family.
(c) She cleaned offices for Jewish Council members and Nazis.
(d) She worked in an electrical plant.

5. Which moments does Leon say are the worst of his life?
(a) Watching his father getting beaten and taken away by the Gestapo.
(b) Being ignored by his former friends.
(c) Learning that Germany had invaded Poland.
(d) Seeing the Poles ransack the apartment of their Jewish neighbor who had fled.

6. 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 found out he was Jewish.
(c) They noticed that he was not wearing his required armband.
(d) He had disobeyed an order from one of them.

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

8. 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 was afraid they would discover that his father did not have a work permit.
(c) He was worried that his family members would lose their jobs if he did.
(d) He knew he would be endangering his whole family if he did.

9. How did Leon's mother, Chanah, obtain food for her family after Moshe was taken away?
(a) She traded the 10 gold coins her mother had given her.
(b) She worked at a factory.
(c) She grew and harvested the food they needed.
(d) She received help from other nearby Jewish families.

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

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

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

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

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

15. How did the Nazis announce what they considered to be their successes?
(a) On television.
(b) On big screens with newsreels.
(c) By roving announcers.
(d) Through Morse code.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, which of the following had the most influence in Leon's daily life?

2. Why did Leon's mother's siblings move to the United States?

3. Which trait did Leon share with his new friends in Krakow in Chapter 2?

4. Which group did Hitler blame publicly for Germany's problems?

5. Which word best describes Tsalig?

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