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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. What became a preoccupation for Leon?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Religion.
(d) Clothing.
2. How did Moshe Leyson get a new job at a factory owned by a Nazi in Chapter 3?
(a) He told the owner how to open a safe.
(b) He opened a safe for the owner.
(c) He was referred by the glass factory at which he used to work.
(d) He saw an employment ad in the newspaper and responded to it.
3. What ominous sign happened on September 1, 1939?
(a) Poland announced that it was changing its government.
(b) Germany invaded and attacked Poland.
(c) Poland invaded Germany.
(d) The United States invaded Poland.
4. What is foreshadowed by the Yiddish song "Oyfn Pripetchik" (called "On the Hearth" in English)?
(a) The family's religious rituals.
(b) The war lasting from 1914-1918.
(c) The forthcoming mistreatment of Jews.
(d) The upcoming Thanksgiving season.
5. Who did Leon stand next to in the synagogue every Friday night and Saturday morning?
(a) David.
(b) Mr. Lansman.
(c) His great-grandfather.
(d) Jacob Meyer.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the dominant religion in Poland?
2. Why did Leon's father work for free in Chapter 3?
3. How was Leon singled out by his fourth-grade teacher one day?
4. How did Chanah and Moshe meet?
5. Why was going on a train ride exciting for Leon in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 5, what did Mr. Luftig's pipe collection symbolize to him?
2. As mentioned in Chapter 1, why did Leon's family not often buy new clothes?
3. In Chapter 4, how did the Shabbat candles help the family?
4. Leon consistently proves not to be selfish. How does he demonstrate this in Chapter 2?
5. In Chapter 2, how was moving to Krakow a series of big adventures for Leon?
6. In Chapter 4, what was the importance of Leon's father's Bescheinigung?
7. Why might Jewish people in Narewka have trusted German soldiers when they entered Poland in 1939?
8. Why was it a relief for Leon when, in Chapter 1, Hershel moved with his father to Kraków?
9. In Chapter 5, how do Leon and his family obtain food?
10. In Chapter 4, what is the symbolic significance of the rounded stones on top of the walls surrounding the ghetto?
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