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

2. Why was Leon's father sought after by many factory owners in Krakow?
(a) He was an expert supervisor.
(b) He was a skilled painter of murals.
(c) He was an expert machinist.
(d) He was an expert electrician.

3. After the Germans first invaded in 1939, which country was most likely to help Poland defeat the Germans?
(a) Austria.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) Italy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mr. Luftig promise to take Leon someday?

2. Before 1939, what was the war that lasted from 1914-1918 called?

3. When were Leon and his family forcibly moved into the ghetto?

4. According to the prologue, how did Oskar Schindler convince the Nazis to give permission for Leon and other Jewish people to work in his factories?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what might have been some of the effects of the propaganda about and restrictions and abuse against Jews?

2. As discussed in Chapter 1, which aspects of daily life for Leon and his family then, in the 1930s, were different from daily life today?

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

4. In Chapter 1, in what ways is it apparent that religion played a central role in Leon Leyson's life?

5. 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?

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

7. In Chapter 4, how did the Shabbat candles help the family?

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

9. In Chapter 5, when Leon rode the man's bike after cleaning it, why did he feel so free?

10. In Chapter 4, what was the importance of Leon's father's Bescheinigung?

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