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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 is foreshadowed by the Yiddish song "Oyfn Pripetchik" (called "On the Hearth" in English)?
(a) The upcoming Thanksgiving season.
(b) The war lasting from 1914-1918.
(c) The family's religious rituals.
(d) The forthcoming mistreatment of Jews.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the people who broke in and ransacked a neighbor's apartment report Leon's father to the Gestapo?

2. Why was going on a train ride exciting for Leon in Chapter 2?

3. In December 1939, what did Nazis decree that Jews could no longer do?

4. How did the Nazis announce what they considered to be their successes?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 5, how do Leon and his family obtain food?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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