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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. What was an omen that Leon thought was positive in Chapter 8?
(a) Austrian troops leaving Poland.
(b) Schindler agreeing to Moshe's request.
(c) The factory at Krakow closing.
(d) Light coming into the cattle car.

2. Which job was Leon hired for at U.S. Electrical Motors?
(a) Box lifter.
(b) Machinist.
(c) Assemblyman.
(d) Supervisor.

3. Why was Schindler's factory being closed?
(a) Germany was losing the war.
(b) The area where it was was declared a disaster area.
(c) The Russians were going to confiscate its munitions.
(d) Austria was winning the war.

4. When did Leon and his parents find out they could move to the United States?
(a) June 1949.
(b) March 1949.
(c) February 1949.
(d) May 1949.

5. How did Leon find his father and David?
(a) His mother told him where they were located.
(b) Someone told him where the Schindler Jews had been assigned.
(c) Someone took him to them.
(d) His supervisor told him where they were when he asked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which adjective best describes Amon Goeth?

2. When did Leon leave Plaszow for the last time?

3. What classes did Leon and his parents take together in America?

4. What made David cry in Chapter 8?

5. Why did Leon's father stay overnight at the factory where he worked in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Leon Leyson's life change after the movie Schindler's List was released?

3. In Chapter 8, how did Leon succeed in getting himself, his brother David, and his father not to have to be transferred to Plaszow?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. In Chapter 7, why did Leon's mother make him leave soon after he found her?

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