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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Leon stay at the munitions factory in Brunnlitz?
(a) Three months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six weeks.

2. How long did Leon teach at Huntington Park High School?
(a) 1 semester.
(b) 26 years.
(c) 19 years.
(d) 39 years.

3. What type of work was Leon assigned to complete in Chapter 7?
(a) Moving a wooden container from one room to another.
(b) Putting papers in the correct files.
(c) Hauling lumber, rocks, and dirt.
(d) Operating a machine in a factory.

4. How did Leon find his father and David?
(a) Someone told him where the Schindler Jews had been assigned.
(b) His supervisor told him where they were when he asked.
(c) His mother told him where they were located.
(d) Someone took him to them.

5. Where did Leon and his family stay on their return to Krakow?
(a) A synagogue.
(b) A relative's apartment.
(c) Their old apartment.
(d) An old dorm set up as a recruiting center for refugees.

6. Why did Leon's father spend a night at Schindler's factory in October 1942?
(a) The factory was behind on its production.
(b) There was another transport.
(c) The factory was having an electrical malfunction.
(d) The Russians were on their way.

7. Why did Amon Goeth shoot Leon's foreman?
(a) He shot him for questioning Goeth's authority.
(b) He shot him when he tried to defend himself.
(c) He shot him for allowing his workers too much freedom.
(d) He shot him for no reason.

8. How did Chanah and Mrs. Bircz plan to try to avoid the roundup in Chapter 6?
(a) By volunteering to leave.
(b) By appearing busy sweeping and cleaning the courtyard.
(c) By hiding in the closets in their apartments.
(d) By staying at their jobs overnight.

9. What did the word "Schindlerjuden" mean?
(a) Schindler family heritage.
(b) Schindler's factory.
(c) Schindler Jews.
(d) Schindler's homeland.

10. Why did Leon, his mother, and his friends finally come out of hiding after two days in the crawl space of a storage shed?
(a) A man called out her name and said he was sent by her husband.
(b) They heard screaming.
(c) A man yelled that they must come out.
(d) They heard the all-clear signal on the intercom.

11. When had Hershel and Leon's mother's parents been killed?
(a) August 1941.
(b) September 1941.
(c) August 1942.
(d) September 1942.

12. Why did Schindler leave in Chapter 9?
(a) To avoid capture and execution by the Soviets.
(b) To get away once the factory caught on fire.
(c) To try to help the Nazi cause.
(d) To demonstrate his anger toward his workers.

13. Why did Chanah, Leon, Yossel, and Samuel not come out when a man said, "It's safe now. You can come out."?
(a) They recognized his voice as that of a Nazi guard.
(b) They were unsure if they had heard him correctly.
(c) They thought the worst was still to come.
(d) They thought it might be a lie.

14. Where did Leon first find a place to sleep at Plaszow?
(a) On a narrow wooden shelf.
(b) On top of a box.
(c) On a cot in an abandoned room.
(d) On a bed.

15. Why did Leon and Yossel help an elderly woman?
(a) She needed to go to the infirmary.
(b) She needed help carrying her groceries.
(c) She asked for their help painting her apartment.
(d) She had fallen down the stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What classes did Leon and his parents take together in America?

2. To which town was Schindler's factory being moved?

3. Whom did Leon marry?

4. Where were Leon and his mother moved to in December 1942?

5. What surprised some non-Jewish people in the place where Leon and his family went after being freed?

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