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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 tells Leon that his name has been crossed off of Schindler's list?

2. Which adjective best describes Amon Goeth?

3. What surprised some non-Jewish people in the place where Leon and his family went after being freed?

4. Why did Amon Goeth shoot Leon's foreman?

5. What did Schindler do after having Moshe, Leon, and David return to Emalia in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. In Chapter 7, how did Oskar Schindler get his sub-camp built?

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

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

8. In Chapter 7, what did Leon's father promise that he would do?

9. Why were Leon, David, and Moshe to be transferred to Plaszow in Chapter 8?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you describe Leon as a person? Why did you choose each adjective or descriptive phrase that you used?

Essay Topic 2

What life lessons did Leon learn from his parents? How do you know?

Essay Topic 3

Do you consider Leon to have been a hero? Why or why not?

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