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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. When did the German Sixth Army surrender?
(a) February 1943.
(b) January 1943.
(c) January 1942.
(d) February 1942.

2. Where did Leon first find a place to sleep at Plaszow?
(a) On a bed.
(b) On a narrow wooden shelf.
(c) On a cot in an abandoned room.
(d) On top of a box.

3. When did the Nazis liquidate the entire ghetto in Chapter 6?
(a) March 1943.
(b) February 1943.
(c) October 1942.
(d) May 1944.

4. Which job was Leon hired for at U.S. Electrical Motors?
(a) Assemblyman.
(b) Box lifter.
(c) Machinist.
(d) Supervisor.

5. What got Schindler's attention as Leon, David, and Moshe were being sent back to Plaszow?
(a) A guard knocked the thermos out of Leon's hand.
(b) David ran toward Schindler.
(c) A bird landed on a guard's hat.
(d) A guard threw something that barely misses Schindler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What act of togetherness did the workers from Schindler's factory perform after being told by a Russian soldier that they were free?

2. When did Leon and his parents find out they could move to the United States?

3. What surprised some non-Jewish people in the place where Leon and his family went after being freed?

4. Where did Leon work in Chapter 6?

5. How many meals were Leon and other workers at Emalia given per day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In the epilogue, what are some indications that Leon was motivated and successful?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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