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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What significant event happens when Leon was 8?
2. Which child did Leon think was his father's favorite?
3. What kind of work did Leon's mother do?
4. Why was going on a train ride exciting for Leon in Chapter 2?
5. According to the prologue, how did Oskar Schindler convince the Nazis to give permission for Leon and other Jewish people to work in his factories?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which details in Chapter 1 reflect the fun and carefree aspects of Leon's childhood?
2. As discussed in Chapter 1, which aspects of daily life for Leon and his family then, in the 1930s, were different from daily life today?
3. In Chapter 4, what was the significance of the following phrase: "If this is the worst that happens"?
4. Why did Leon enjoy city life more than his mother, as shown in Chapter 2?
5. After reading the prologue, what difficulties do you predict that Leon Leyson, the author and narrator, might face?
6. In Chapter 1, like many other Jews in Narewka, how was Leon treated during Holy Week?
7. In Chapter 4, how did the Shabbat candles help the family?
8. In Chapter 3, how does seeing his father get beaten and dragged away seem to affect Leon?
9. In Chapter 2, how was moving to Krakow a series of big adventures for Leon?
10. In Chapter 2, why might Leon have felt more nervous excitement than fear while his family and community made emergency plans and preparations for the possibility of war?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
As evidenced by the individuals in The Boy on the Wooden Box, what are ways in which discrimination, mistreatment, and prejudice negatively affect people?
Essay Topic 2
What are 2 or 3 of the themes, which are central concepts or lessons that can be learned about life, people, or society, that run throughout The Boy on the Wooden Box?
Essay Topic 3
Even in the midst of tragedy, cruelty, and despair, what are some of the ways in which the goodness of humanity come through in The Boy on the Wooden Box? Give at least three examples from the text.
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