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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. Why did Leon's parents feel fortunate to be a part of the Narewka Benevolent Club?
(a) They were invited to join by a celebrity.
(b) They were able to help others.
(c) They learned better English skills.
(d) They started the club to help the less fortunate.

2. When did Leon and his parents find out they could move to the United States?
(a) May 1949.
(b) February 1949.
(c) June 1949.
(d) March 1949.

3. When had Hershel and Leon's mother's parents been killed?
(a) September 1942.
(b) September 1941.
(c) August 1941.
(d) August 1942.

4. What got Schindler's attention as Leon, David, and Moshe were being sent back to Plaszow?
(a) A bird landed on a guard's hat.
(b) David ran toward Schindler.
(c) A guard knocked the thermos out of Leon's hand.
(d) A guard threw something that barely misses Schindler.

5. In Chapter 7, how many new workers did Schindler plan to add?
(a) 60.
(b) 40.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. While he worked, why did a guard threaten to shoot Leon?

2. What work-related physical problem did David develop?

3. What was the name of Germany's Fuhrer who was responsible for the Holocaust?

4. What act of togetherness did the workers from Schindler's factory perform after being told by a Russian soldier that they were free?

5. What work-related physical problem did Leon develop?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, why did Leon say, "By this time survival was mostly a matter of pure luck"?

2. In the epilogue, why did Leon gradually told his son and daughter about his experiences?

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

4. In the epilogue, what is one way that Leon tried to hide his identity and his former life?

5. In Chapter 7, Leon went to see his father after he was whipped 25 times. Leon's father did not offer him any sympathy. Why might his father have not offered him any sympathy?

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

7. In Chapter 7, why was Leon glad to be assigned a job at the brush factory?

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

9. In Chapter 9, how were the bolts of cloth and bottles of vodka that Schindler gave his workers supposed to be useful?

10. In the epilogue, how might it have helped Leon once he told Lis and others about his experiences?

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