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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Leon's father work for free in Chapter 3?
(a) The work enabled him to gain experience to open his own business.
(b) He was required to work, even though he was not paid.
(c) He did this in exchange for housing and food.
(d) He did it in order to have some protection against the Nazis.

2. Why did Moshe return home to Krakow instead of continuing to Narewka with Hershel?
(a) He received word that Chanah had requested that he return.
(b) He had to retrieve an item in Krakow.
(c) He reconsidered his decision to leave his wife and children.
(d) He was afraid of getting captured in Narewka.

3. Who did Leon's parents and many others in Narewka make a mistake of trusting in 1939?
(a) The Germans who entered Poland.
(b) The local merchants' association.
(c) The Lansman family.
(d) The Polish people who entered Germany.

4. Why did Leon's father and Hershel head back to Narewka?
(a) They went to retrieve items the family had left there.
(b) They went because they were required to do so.
(c) They went to try to avoid being conscripted into the war.
(d) They went to earn more money for the family.

5. Which word best describes Leon's parents?
(a) Carefree.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Industrious.
(d) Extravagant.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the prologue, how did Leon Leyson reach the controls of the machine he was supposed to operate in Schindler's factory?

2. How long did it take Moshe to save enough to be able to move his family to Krakow?

3. Which moments does Leon say are the worst of his life?

4. Why wasn't Moshe fired by the new Nazi owners of the glass factory when all other Jewish workers there were?

5. Before 1939, what was the war that lasted from 1914-1918 called?

(see the answer key)

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