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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 Amon Goeth shoot Leon's foreman?
(a) He shot him for no reason.
(b) He shot him for allowing his workers too much freedom.
(c) He shot him when he tried to defend himself.
(d) He shot him for questioning Goeth's authority.

2. Why did Schindler leave cigarettes at Moshe's work station?
(a) He was trying to introduce Moshe to smoking.
(b) He left them by accident.
(c) He left them so Moshe could trade them for food.
(d) He wanted to see what would happen.

3. When did Leon leave Plaszow for the last time?
(a) May 27, 1942.
(b) September 30, 1945.
(c) January 10, 1944.
(d) October 15, 1944.

4. What was Plaszow?
(a) A small village.
(b) A large city.
(c) A concentration camp.
(d) An infirmary.

5. Which state in the United States did Leon move to when he was 19?
(a) Indiana.
(b) California.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Leon want to go to Plaszow in Chapter 6?

3. Where was Leon taken after leaving Plaszow?

4. What was an omen that Leon thought was positive in Chapter 8?

5. Where did Leon and his family stay on their return to Krakow?

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 6, how did Leon, his mother, Samuel, and Yossel avoid the roundup?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 7, what did Leon's father promise that he would do?

10. 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?

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