View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Nazi soldiers break into the Leyson family's apartment and slap Leon?

2. Why did Leon's father work for free in Chapter 3?

3. Which trait did Leon share with his new friends in Krakow in Chapter 2?

4. Why did Leon's father and Hershel head back to Narewka?

5. Which family member verbalized his or her worries the most?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 2, how was moving to Krakow a series of big adventures for Leon?

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

6. In Chapter 4, what is the symbolic significance of the rounded stones on top of the walls surrounding the ghetto?

7. In Chapter 2, readers learn that Hershel has changed from being stubborn and difficult to being considerate and responsible. Why might he have changed?

8. In Chapter 3, how does seeing his father get beaten and dragged away seem to affect Leon?

9. Why might Leon have made negative comments about Miriam to Tsalig in Chapter 5?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Even in the midst of tragedy, cruelty, and despair, what are some of the ways in which the goodness of humanity come through in The Boy on the Wooden Box? Give at least three examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

With which person in The Boy on the Wooden Box could you relate the most? Why?

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the techniques people used to keep their sanity throughout this story?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 980 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample