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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Schindler leave in Chapter 9?
(a) To demonstrate his anger toward his workers.
(b) To avoid capture and execution by the Soviets.
(c) To get away once the factory caught on fire.
(d) To try to help the Nazi cause.

2. How long did Leon stay at the munitions factory in Brunnlitz?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Eight months.
(d) Six weeks.

3. What would have happened to the women at Auschwitz who were sent to the left if Schindler had not intervened?
(a) They would have been sent to another factory.
(b) They would have been returned to Plaszow.
(c) They would have been killed.
(d) They would have had to work double shifts.

4. Why did Leon's parents feel fortunate to be a part of the Narewka Benevolent Club?
(a) They learned better English skills.
(b) They were able to help others.
(c) They started the club to help the less fortunate.
(d) They were invited to join by a celebrity.

5. Where did Leon and his family stay on their return to Krakow?
(a) Their old apartment.
(b) A relative's apartment.
(c) An old dorm set up as a recruiting center for refugees.
(d) A synagogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did David and his father move to the Schindler sub-camp?

2. Where did Leon earn his bachelor's degree?

3. How long did Leon teach at Huntington Park High School?

4. How many meals were Leon and other workers at Emalia given per day?

5. Which state in the United States did Leon move to when he was 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Leon went to see his father after he was whipped 25 times. Leon's father did not offer him any sympathy. Why might his father have not offered him any sympathy?

2. In Chapter 6, how did Leon, his mother, Samuel, and Yossel avoid the roundup?

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

4. In Chapter 10, what is an indication that the suffering of the Leyson family was not over?

5. In Chapter 9, how did Schindler save the women who were to work at his factory when their train was diverted to Auschwitz?

6. 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?

7. In Chapter 9, how were the bolts of cloth and bottles of vodka that Schindler gave his workers supposed to be useful?

8. In Chapter 10, what did Dr. Neu's wife possibly mean when she said "We didn't know" about the horrible actions against Jews and others during the Holocaust?

9. In Chapter 10, why did Leon, and probably others, feel shock and "confused, weak, and ecstatic all at once" after they were liberated?

10. In Chapter 10, why didn't Leon throw things at the defeated and captive German soldiers walking by as some other people did?

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