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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. Why did Leon and Yossel help an elderly woman?

2. What type of factory did Leon become assigned to work at in Plaszow?

3. Where was Leon taken after leaving Plaszow?

4. How many children did Leon and his wife have?

5. In what subjects did Dr. Neu tutor Leon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 7, how did Oskar Schindler get his sub-camp built?

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

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

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

8. In the epilogue, why did Leon gradually told his son and daughter about his experiences?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What life lessons did Leon learn from his parents? How do you know?

Essay Topic 2

What are some ways in which hatred, discrimination, and atrocities like the Holocaust and other genocides can be prevented (or their likelihood lessened)? What can people in general do to make things better? What can you do to make things better?

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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