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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. Which aunt of Leon's lived in California?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Helen.
(c) Sherry.
(d) Shaina.

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

3. Where did Moshe work after liberation?
(a) The office of the Jewish Council.
(b) The village grocery store.
(c) The brush factory.
(d) The glass factory.

4. To which town was Schindler's factory being moved?
(a) Narewka.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Brunnlitz.
(d) Warsaw.

5. Why did Moshe tell Chanah they couldn't return to Narewka?
(a) It was still too dangerous to travel that far west.
(b) It was still too dangerous to travel that far east.
(c) It was still too dangerous to travel that far north.
(d) It was still too dangerous to travel that far south.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the usual daily meal at Plaszow?

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

4. What request of Moshe's did Schindler agree to in Chapter 8?

5. Where did Leon and his mother stay in the ghetto to which they were transferred in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. How did Leon Leyson's life change after the movie Schindler's List was released?

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

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