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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 father spend a night at Schindler's factory in October 1942?
(a) There was another transport.
(b) The factory was having an electrical malfunction.
(c) The factory was behind on its production.
(d) The Russians were on their way.

2. Why did Leon not stay with David and Pesza in Czechoslovakia?
(a) Leon had to work in the brush factory.
(b) David and Pesza changed their mind and told him to go back home.
(c) Chanah said she needed at least one child at home with her.
(d) Leon got mad at both of them and left to go home.

3. Where was Leon taken after leaving Plaszow?
(a) Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Finland.
(d) Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp.

4. What act of togetherness did the workers from Schindler's factory perform after being told by a Russian soldier that they were free?
(a) They sang traditional Jewish songs.
(b) They tore the numbers and triangles off their uniforms.
(c) They smashed their bottles of vodka.
(d) They went to the nearest town together.

5. Where did Leon and his family go after being freed?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Israel.
(c) Krakow.
(d) Iceland.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which type of backlash against Jews happened after liberation?

4. What sight did Leon want to remember forever?

5. How long did Leon stay at the munitions factory in Brunnlitz?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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 are some indications that Leon was motivated and successful?

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 8, how did Leon succeed in getting himself, his brother David, and his father not to have to be transferred to Plaszow?

10. 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?

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