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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. In which subject did Leon earn a master's degree at Pepperdine University?
(a) Engineering.
(b) English.
(c) Environmental studies.
(d) Education.

2. Where were Leon and his mother moved to in December 1942?
(a) Ghetto D.
(b) Ghetto A.
(c) Ghetto B.
(d) Ghetto C.

3. To which country did David and Pesza finally move?
(a) Germany.
(b) Israel.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Canada.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the word "Schindlerjuden" mean?

2. What work-related physical problem did David develop?

3. Where did Leon work in Chapter 6?

4. What was the name of Germany's Fuhrer who was responsible for the Holocaust?

5. For what reason did Pesza and David go to Czechoslovakia?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, why didn't Leon throw things at the defeated and captive German soldiers walking by as some other people did?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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