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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 was a way that Leon earned money in Chapter 2?
(a) He delivered notes for a neighbor, who paid his streetcar fare.
(b) He worked in a factory, even though he was technically too young to do so.
(c) He earned a set allowance every month for completing chores.
(d) He sold the fruits and vegetables that his father and mother grew.

2. How did Chanah and Moshe meet?
(a) Chanah carried water to workers, among them Moshe, in the field.
(b) Chanah and Moshe met in the synagogue while reciting questions in Hebrew.
(c) They met at the factory in which Moshe worked.
(d) Their marriage was arranged by their parents.

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

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

5. Why did the Nazi soldiers break into the Leyson family's apartment and slap Leon?
(a) He had disobeyed an order from one of them.
(b) They found out he was Jewish.
(c) He had refused to speak to one of them.
(d) They noticed that he was not wearing his required armband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Moshe move to Krakow?

2. Why did Leon's father work for free in Chapter 3?

3. What significant event happens when Leon was 8?

4. What was the name of the Nazi business owner who hired Leon's father?

5. How did Leon's mother, Chanah, obtain food for her family after Moshe was taken away?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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