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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 type of work was Leon assigned to complete in Chapter 7?

2. Where was Leon taken after leaving Plaszow?

3. What would have happened to the women at Auschwitz who were sent to the left if Schindler had not intervened?

4. What happened after Leon left the infirmary in Chapter 7?

5. What work-related physical problem did Leon develop?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, how was Leon able to go with the group leaving for Plaszow even though he was told by a guard that he would go later?

3. In the epilogue, what is one way that Leon tried to hide his identity and his former life?

4. Why were Leon, David, and Moshe to be transferred to Plaszow in Chapter 8?

5. In Chapter 9, why did Leon say that he worried about being shot by the last bullet of the war?

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

7. 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?

8. In Chapter 6, why did Leon say, "By this time survival was mostly a matter of pure luck"?

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

10. In Chapter 7, how did Leon get to go with his mother to Schindler's sub-camp?

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

In what ways did Leon seem to change and develop as a person from the beginning of his story until the end of it? Trace his development. Which single event do you think changed Leon the most? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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