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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. Who were the Leyson's neighbors in their apartment in the ghetto?
2. Why was Leon's father sought after by many factory owners in Krakow?
3. What significant event happens when Leon was 8?
4. What kind of work did Leon's mother do?
5. How did Moshe Leyson get a new job at a factory owned by a Nazi in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Which details in Chapter 1 reflect the fun and carefree aspects of Leon's childhood?
3. In Chapter 4, what was the significance of the following phrase: "If this is the worst that happens"?
4. 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?
5. After reading the prologue, what difficulties do you predict that Leon Leyson, the author and narrator, might face?
6. 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?
7. Why might Leon have made negative comments about Miriam to Tsalig in Chapter 5?
8. Why was it a relief for Leon when, in Chapter 1, Hershel moved with his father to Kraków?
9. In Chapter 3, how is Leon's father affected by his beating and imprisonment?
10. In Chapter 2, how was moving to Krakow a series of big adventures for Leon?
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
Many of the scenes in The Boy on the Wooden Box were thought-provoking. Which event or scene in the book really made you think or changed your perspective on something? Which scene was it? How did it affect you?
Essay Topic 3
Do you consider Oskar Schindler a hero? Why or why not?
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