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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. Where was the Leyson family's new home in the ghetto located?
(a) A building at Lwowska 13.
(b) A building at Lwowska 10.
(c) A building at Lwowska 19.
(d) A building at Lwowska 18.

2. What was the dominant religion in Poland?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Roman Catholicism.
(c) Zoroastrianism.
(d) Buddhism.

3. How many synagogues were located in Krakow when Leon moved there?
(a) 27.
(b) More than 1,000.
(c) More than 100.
(d) Less than 10.

4. Which of the following was true of Narewka in 1935?
(a) It had electricity.
(b) Its houses had indoor plumbing.
(c) Its streets were paved.
(d) Its buildings were mostly brick.

5. Which foreign country posed the greatest threat to Polish Jews in the late 1930s?
(a) Australia.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) The USA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family member verbalized his or her worries the most?

2. Why did Leon's parents no longer have money in a savings account in Chapter 3?

3. Who were the Leyson's neighbors in their apartment in the ghetto?

4. In which of the following fun childhood activities did Leon participate in Chapter 1?

5. Who were the Gestapo?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how is Leon's father affected by his beating and imprisonment?

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 4, what was the significance of the following phrase: "If this is the worst that happens"?

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

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

6. In Chapter 2, how was moving to Krakow a series of big adventures for Leon?

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

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

9. In Chapter 2, why might Leon have felt more nervous excitement than fear while his family and community made emergency plans and preparations for the possibility of war?

10. In Chapter 5, what did Mr. Luftig's pipe collection symbolize to him?

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