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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. How was Leon singled out by his fourth-grade teacher one day?

2. By Chapter 4, what was the goal of the Leysons?

3. Before 1939, what was the war that lasted from 1914-1918 called?

4. How did Moshe Leyson get a new job at a factory owned by a Nazi in Chapter 3?

5. What ominous sign happened on September 1, 1939?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, after Leon is no longer allowed to attend school because he is Jewish, what feelings does this cause him to have?

2. Why might Leon have made negative comments about Miriam to Tsalig in Chapter 5?

3. After reading the prologue, what difficulties do you predict that Leon Leyson, the author and narrator, might face?

4. In Chapter 4, what was the significance of the following phrase: "If this is the worst that happens"?

5. In Chapter 3, how does seeing his father get beaten and dragged away seem to affect Leon?

6. In Chapter 4, what was the importance of Leon's father's Bescheinigung?

7. What does it say about Tsalig in Chapter 5 that he refuses to get off the train to deport him because Miriam cannot also go with Schindler?

8. In Chapter 3, what does it indicate about Leon that he chases down and confronts one of the the Gestapo who beat up his father, asking where they had taken him?

9. 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?

10. Which details in Chapter 1 reflect the fun and carefree aspects of Leon's childhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What life lessons did Leon learn from his parents? How do you know?

Essay Topic 3

Do you think it's possible that something like the Holocaust could happen now? Why or why not?

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