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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. While he worked, why did a guard threaten to shoot Leon?

2. How did Chanah help others after being liberated?

3. Where did Leon work in Chapter 6?

4. When did Leon and his parents find out they could move to the United States?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what is an indication that the suffering of the Leyson family was not over?

2. In Chapter 6, how did Leon, his mother, Samuel, and Yossel avoid the roundup?

3. In Chapter 7, why did Leon's mother make him leave soon after he found her?

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

5. In Chapter 7, what did Leon's father promise that he would do?

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

7. 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?

8. In Chapter 6, why did Leon's mother break their furniture that they were not taking with them to Ghetto A by throwing it over the railing on the balcony of their apartment?

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

10. In Chapter 9, how did Schindler save the women who were to work at his factory when their train was diverted to Auschwitz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were some of the techniques people used to keep their sanity throughout this story?

Essay Topic 2

Based on what you read, why do you think Leon Leyson finally decided to share his story with the world?

Essay Topic 3

What are some reasons that Leon might obsess about being shot with the last bullet of the war?

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