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

2. Where did the Gestapo take Moshe in Chapter 3?
(a) St. Gary's prison.
(b) St. Paul's.
(c) St. George's prison.
(d) St. Michael's prison.

3. Why would Tsalig not get off the train with Schindler?
(a) He was afraid of returning home.
(b) He did not trust Schindler.
(c) He did not know that he could.
(d) He was determined to stay with Miriam.

4. When were Leon and his family forcibly moved into the ghetto?
(a) December 1939.
(b) May 1941.
(c) August 1940.
(d) March 1941.

5. Why wasn't Moshe fired by the new Nazi owners of the glass factory when all other Jewish workers there were?
(a) He spoke Hebrew.
(b) He begged not to be fired.
(c) He had been the first worker hired there.
(d) He spoke German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Leyson family's new home in the ghetto located?

2. Which moments does Leon say are the worst of his life?

3. What significant event happens when Leon was 8?

4. In Chapter 1, which of the following had the most influence in Leon's daily life?

5. In Chapter 4, what was rumored to be happening to those who were deported?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 3, how does seeing his father get beaten and dragged away seem to affect Leon?

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 2, readers learn that Hershel has changed from being stubborn and difficult to being considerate and responsible. Why might he have changed?

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

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