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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 famous film was made about Oskar Schindler?
(a) The Schindler Plan.
(b) Schindler's List.
(c) Schindler's Legacy.
(d) The Secret Life of Oskar Schindler.

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

3. On which shift did most Jewish workers at Emalia work?
(a) Day shift.
(b) Rotating shifts.
(c) Swing shift.
(d) Night shift.

4. Where did Leon work in Chapter 6?
(a) A glass factory.
(b) A brush factory.
(c) An electrical plant.
(d) The office of the Jewish Council.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What helped Leon's father regain some of his pride in the United States?

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

3. Why was Schindler's factory being closed?

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

5. Why did Leon's father spend a night at Schindler's factory in October 1942?

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

3. In Chapter 8, what brought back some of Moshe's pride?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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