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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 work-related physical problem did Leon develop?
2. What helped Leon's father regain some of his pride in the United States?
3. What was Leon able to contemplate after being freed?
4. In Chapter 7, how many new workers did Schindler plan to add?
5. Where was Leon taken after leaving Plaszow?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 10, why didn't Leon throw things at the defeated and captive German soldiers walking by as some other people did?
2. In the epilogue, what are some indications that Leon was motivated and successful?
3. In Chapter 6, how did Leon, his mother, Samuel, and Yossel avoid the roundup?
4. 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?
5. In Chapter 9, how were the bolts of cloth and bottles of vodka that Schindler gave his workers supposed to be useful?
6. In Chapter 10, why did Leon, and probably others, feel shock and "confused, weak, and ecstatic all at once" after they were liberated?
7. In Chapter 8, how did Leon succeed in getting himself, his brother David, and his father not to have to be transferred to Plaszow?
8. In Chapter 7, what did Leon's father promise that he would do?
9. In Chapter 8, what brought back some of Moshe's pride?
10. In the epilogue, why did Leon gradually told his son and daughter about his experiences?
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
How would you describe Leon as a person? Why did you choose each adjective or descriptive phrase that you used?
Essay Topic 3
Many of the scenes in The Boy on the Wooden Box were thought-provoking. Which event or scene in the book really made you think or changed your perspective on something? Which scene was it? How did it affect you?
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