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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of the following fun childhood activities did Leon participate in Chapter 1?
(a) Jumping in the river.
(b) Riding a bicycle.
(c) Playing basketball.
(d) Playing baseball.

2. What was a way that Leon earned money in Chapter 2?
(a) He delivered notes for a neighbor, who paid his streetcar fare.
(b) He earned a set allowance every month for completing chores.
(c) He sold the fruits and vegetables that his father and mother grew.
(d) He worked in a factory, even though he was technically too young to do so.

3. Which of Leon's siblings was most likely to tease him?
(a) Hershel.
(b) Pesza.
(c) Tsalig.
(d) David.

4. Which aspect of the Sabbath did Leon particularly enjoy?
(a) The quiet.
(b) The academics.
(c) The work.
(d) The business.

5. Which moments does Leon say are the worst of his life?
(a) Learning that Germany had invaded Poland.
(b) Being ignored by his former friends.
(c) Seeing the Poles ransack the apartment of their Jewish neighbor who had fled.
(d) Watching his father getting beaten and taken away by the Gestapo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Moshe Leyson get a new job at a factory owned by a Nazi in Chapter 3?

3. In what kind of factory did Leon's father work in Chapter 2?

4. Why did Hershel go to Krakow with his father?

5. Which word describes the way Leon and David responded in the days after their father is beaten and taken away?

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