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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 happened when Leon's cousin Yossel asked his teacher if he could change his name to that of a Polish national hero?

2. How long did it take Moshe to save enough to be able to move his family to Krakow?

3. How many Jews from Krakow were to be moved to the ghetto in Chapter 4?

4. Where did Mr. Luftig promise to take Leon someday?

5. Why did Leon's grandfather, Jacob Meyer, lease farmland from the Eastern Orthodox Church?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, why might Leon's parents have downplayed the severity of events that were happening, particularly those against Jewish people?

3. Leon consistently proves not to be selfish. How does he demonstrate this in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 4, how did the Shabbat candles help the family?

5. Why did Leon enjoy city life more than his mother, as shown in Chapter 2?

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

7. 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?

8. In Chapter 3, what might have been some of the effects of the propaganda about and restrictions and abuse against Jews?

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

10. Why was it a relief for Leon when, in Chapter 1, Hershel moved with his father to Kraków?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

Do you consider Leon to have been a hero? Why or why not?

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