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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. Who were the Gestapo?
(a) Local Polish politicians.
(b) The German secret police.
(c) Regional Nazi administrators.
(d) Polish security guards.

2. Why did the Leysons not have to face deportation?
(a) Their social status.
(b) Chanah's work permit.
(c) Moshe's work permit.
(d) Their wealth.

3. 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 had been the first worker hired there.
(c) He spoke German.
(d) He begged not to be fired.

4. Why was going on a train ride exciting for Leon in Chapter 2?
(a) His grandfather was a train conductor.
(b) Leon wanted to design trains as a career.
(c) He had only ridden on small trains.
(d) He had never ridden a train before.

5. In Chapter 4, what was rumored to be happening to those who were deported?
(a) They were set free.
(b) They were being killed.
(c) They were taken to better conditions.
(d) They were forced to do labor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Tsalig deported in Chapter 4?

3. Which word best describes Tsalig?

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

5. When did Leon's mother light the Shabbat candles?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, why might Leon's parents have downplayed the severity of events that were happening, particularly those against Jewish people?

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 3, after Leon is no longer allowed to attend school because he is Jewish, what feelings does this cause him to have?

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

7. Why did Leon enjoy city life more than his mother, as shown in Chapter 2?

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

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

10. In Chapter 3, what does it indicate about Leon that he chases down and confronts one of the the Gestapo who beat up his father, asking where they had taken him?

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