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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. Which job was Leon hired for at U.S. Electrical Motors?
2. What separated Leon and the other prisoners from the children of the German officers?
3. To which town was Schindler's factory being moved?
4. What helped Leon's father regain some of his pride in the United States?
5. What made David cry in Chapter 8?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the epilogue, what is one way that Leon tried to hide his identity and his former life?
2. In Chapter 7, why was Leon glad to be assigned a job at the brush factory?
3. In Chapter 7, what did Leon's father promise that he would do?
4. In Chapter 10, how were trees that Leon saw sprouting new leaves on their train ride symbolic?
5. How did Leon Leyson's life change after the movie Schindler's List was released?
6. In Chapter 10, what is an indication that the suffering of the Leyson family was not over?
7. In Chapter 10, why didn't Leon throw things at the defeated and captive German soldiers walking by as some other people did?
8. In Chapter 7, why did Leon's mother make him leave soon after he found her?
9. In Chapter 8, how did Oskar Schindler act differently than most Nazis?
10. 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?
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 kind of relationship did Leon have with his mother and his father? How would you describe their relationship?
Essay Topic 3
What were some of the techniques people used to keep their sanity throughout this story?
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