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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 famous film was made about Oskar Schindler?
(a) The Secret Life of Oskar Schindler.
(b) Schindler's Legacy.
(c) Schindler's List.
(d) The Schindler Plan.

2. For what reason might the guards have shot at Leon in Chapter 6?
(a) He was in an area meant for guards only.
(b) He had disobeyed a direct order from one of them.
(c) He was out past curfew.
(d) He threw a rock at them.

3. Where did Schindler want a sub-camp built?
(a) One-half mile west of Emalia.
(b) Two miles from Emalia.
(c) On the property adjacent to Emalia.
(d) One-third mile east of Emalia.

4. What happens to Leon when Schindler catches him away from his work station watching a machine?
(a) He is made to work an extra hour longer than normal.
(b) He is told to get back to work.
(c) Schindler asks him to come upstairs to talk to him in his office.
(d) He is rewarded by being transferred with David to the toolmaking area.

5. How long did Leon stay at the munitions factory in Brunnlitz?
(a) Eight months.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Three months.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of work was Leon assigned to complete in Chapter 7?

2. What was Schindler's plan that Leon's father mentions in Chapter 8?

3. Why did Schindler sometimes invite Leon upstairs?

4. What was the name of one of Amon Goeth's dogs?

5. When did the Nazis liquidate the entire ghetto in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what did Dr. Neu's wife possibly mean when she said "We didn't know" about the horrible actions against Jews and others during the Holocaust?

2. In Chapter 6, how was Leon able to go with the group leaving for Plaszow even though he was told by a guard that he would go later?

3. In the epilogue, what are some of the reasons that Leon might not have wanted to talk about his Holocaust experiences in the United States at first?

4. In Chapter 10, why didn't Leon throw things at the defeated and captive German soldiers walking by as some other people did?

5. In Chapter 10 and throughout the book, did Leon seem to survive more with luck or with cleverness and ingenuity?

6. In Chapter 8, how did Oskar Schindler act differently than most Nazis?

7. Why were Leon, David, and Moshe to be transferred to Plaszow in Chapter 8?

8. In Chapter 7, why did Leon's mother make him leave soon after he found her?

9. In Chapter 10, why did Leon decide to leave his fedora behind instead of wearing it as he set off for California?

10. In Chapter 10, why did Leon, and probably others, feel shock and "confused, weak, and ecstatic all at once" after they were liberated?

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