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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 was Leon able to contemplate after being freed?

2. Which job was Leon hired for at U.S. Electrical Motors?

3. In which subject did Leon earn a master's degree at Pepperdine University?

4. What was Schindler's plan that Leon's father mentions in Chapter 8?

5. Who could not enter the barracks at Emalia without Schindler's permission?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 8, how did Oskar Schindler act differently than most Nazis?

5. In Chapter 10, how were trees that Leon saw sprouting new leaves on their train ride symbolic?

6. In Chapter 7, why was Leon glad to be assigned a job at the brush factory?

7. In the epilogue, what are some of the reasons that Leon might not have wanted to talk about his Holocaust experiences in the United States at first?

8. In Chapter 10 and throughout the book, did Leon seem to survive more with luck or with cleverness and ingenuity?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think that Tsalig made the right decision by staying on the train with Miriam instead of getting off of it with Oskar Schindler? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

With which person in The Boy on the Wooden Box could you relate the most? Why?

Essay Topic 3

How would you describe Leon as a person? Why did you choose each adjective or descriptive phrase that you used?

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