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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 did African-American people having to sit at the back of the bus remind Leon of?
(a) Discrimination against Jews by Nazis.
(b) German Jews' discrimination against Polish Jews.
(c) German discrimination against Austria.
(d) The United States Civil War.

2. Where were Leon and his mother moved to in December 1942?
(a) Ghetto A.
(b) Ghetto B.
(c) Ghetto D.
(d) Ghetto C.

3. Which type of backlash against Jews happened after liberation?
(a) The building where the Leyson family was staying was condemned and destroyed.
(b) The building where the Leyson family was staying was burned to the ground.
(c) The building where the Leyson family was staying was shot at multiple times.
(d) The building where the Leyson family was staying was pelted.

4. When Leon found his father, what did Moshe tell him?
(a) Don't make the guards angry.
(b) Come back when he could.
(c) Don't attract attention.
(d) Find his mother and give her a message.

5. What work-related physical problem did Leon develop?
(a) He sometimes could not stand.
(b) He sometimes had double-vision.
(c) He developed gout.
(d) He got sores on his legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would have happened to the women at Auschwitz who were sent to the left if Schindler had not intervened?

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

3. In what subjects did Dr. Neu tutor Leon?

4. What happens to Leon when Schindler catches him away from his work station watching a machine?

5. Which state in the United States did Leon move to when he was 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, how did Schindler save the women who were to work at his factory when their train was diverted to Auschwitz?

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

3. In Chapter 6, why did Leon's mother break their furniture that they were not taking with them to Ghetto A by throwing it over the railing on the balcony of their apartment?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

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