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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which trait did Leon share with his new friends in Krakow in Chapter 2?
(a) Mischievousness.
(b) Technical wizardry.
(c) Lack of empathy.
(d) Arrogance.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Leon's friends start ignoring him?

2. What did Mr. Luftig leave behind for Leon in Chapter 4?

3. Why did Leon's grandfather, Jacob Meyer, lease farmland from the Eastern Orthodox Church?

4. Who did Leon's father ask Schindler to hire?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it a relief for Leon when, in Chapter 1, Hershel moved with his father to Kraków?

2. In Chapter 1, like many other Jews in Narewka, how was Leon treated during Holy Week?

3. Leon consistently proves not to be selfish. How does he demonstrate this in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 4, what is the symbolic significance of the rounded stones on top of the walls surrounding the ghetto?

5. As mentioned in Chapter 1, why did Leon's family not often buy new clothes?

6. Why might Leon have made negative comments about Miriam to Tsalig in Chapter 5?

7. After reading the prologue, what difficulties do you predict that Leon Leyson, the author and narrator, might face?

8. Which details in Chapter 1 reflect the fun and carefree aspects of Leon's childhood?

9. What does it say about Tsalig in Chapter 5 that he refuses to get off the train to deport him because Miriam cannot also go with Schindler?

10. Why might Jewish people in Narewka have trusted German soldiers when they entered Poland in 1939?

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