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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 would have happened to the women at Auschwitz who were sent to the left if Schindler had not intervened?
(a) They would have been killed.
(b) They would have been sent to another factory.
(c) They would have been returned to Plaszow.
(d) They would have had to work double shifts.

2. Why did Schindler leave in Chapter 9?
(a) To get away once the factory caught on fire.
(b) To demonstrate his anger toward his workers.
(c) To avoid capture and execution by the Soviets.
(d) To try to help the Nazi cause.

3. When did Leon begin publicly talking about his Holocaust experiences?
(a) 2 weeks before he began teaching.
(b) Shortly before the film about Schindler was released.
(c) After the release of the film about Schindler.
(d) Shortly after he began teaching.

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

5. Why did Leon's father stay overnight at the factory where he worked in Chapter 10?
(a) He was told it was too dangerous to leave.
(b) He was working a double shift.
(c) He had to help his team speed up their production.
(d) He wasn't feeling well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made David cry in Chapter 8?

2. Which adjective best describes Amon Goeth?

3. When did Leon and his parents find out they could move to the United States?

4. Why did Leon's parents feel fortunate to be a part of the Narewka Benevolent Club?

5. What sight did Leon want to remember forever?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, how were trees that Leon saw sprouting new leaves on their train ride symbolic?

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

3. In Chapter 10, what is an indication that the suffering of the Leyson family was not over?

4. In Chapter 9, what was a way in which Leon obtained more food?

5. In Chapter 7, how did Leon get to go with his mother to Schindler's sub-camp?

6. 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?

7. In Chapter 7, how did Oskar Schindler get his sub-camp built?

8. In Chapter 6, how did Leon, his mother, Samuel, and Yossel avoid the roundup?

9. In Chapter 9, why did Leon say that he worried about being shot by the last bullet of the war?

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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