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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. Who were the Gestapo?

2. Who were the Leyson's neighbors in their apartment in the ghetto?

3. What was a way that Leon earned money in Chapter 2?

4. What did Mr. Luftig leave behind for Leon in Chapter 4?

5. How did Chanah and Moshe meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which details in Chapter 1 reflect the fun and carefree aspects of Leon's childhood?

2. In Chapter 3, after Leon is no longer allowed to attend school because he is Jewish, what feelings does this cause him to have?

3. In Chapter 5, when Leon rode the man's bike after cleaning it, why did he feel so free?

4. In Chapter 3, how is Leon's father affected by his beating and imprisonment?

5. In Chapter 4, what was the significance of the following phrase: "If this is the worst that happens"?

6. What does it say about Tsalig in Chapter 5 that he refuses to get off the train to deport him because Miriam cannot also go with Schindler?

7. In Chapter 3, what might have been some of the effects of the propaganda about and restrictions and abuse against Jews?

8. As discussed in Chapter 1, which aspects of daily life for Leon and his family then, in the 1930s, were different from daily life today?

9. Why might Jewish people in Narewka have trusted German soldiers when they entered Poland in 1939?

10. Why did Leon enjoy city life more than his mother, as shown in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways did Leon seem to change and develop as a person from the beginning of his story until the end of it? Trace his development. Which single event do you think changed Leon the most? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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