The Boy on the Wooden Box and Grammar Test

1. The purpose of Leon including descriptions about his childhood was to

• A) Convey the importance of family.
• B) Demonstrate that he was no different than any other child.
• C) Illustrate the difference between Jews and Christians.
• D) Show how anyone can have fun swimming.

2. Which of the following would NOT be a theme of the story?

• A) Sometimes you must do whatever it takes to survive.
• B) Prejudice is an evil force that is easy to defeat.
• C) Sacrifice is an important part of survival, including sacrificing your family.
• D) The strength to live can survive in the worst places

3) Which of the following sentences conveys Leon's feeling of being defeated and shows that he has given up actively looking for a way out of the camp?

• "At dawn I ate my ration of bread, returned to the barracks, and fell exhausted into my bunk."
• "In the span of a minute, my beloved brother was gone."
• "As the days turned into weeks and the likelihood of finding Father deteriorated, our situation had become increasingly desperate."
• "I had grown numb to what might happen to me, to whatever my fate might be."

4) "Trees sprouted; wildflowers were blooming" (Leyson 168- Chapter 10). What symbolism exists in this sentence?

• Life had gone on for everyone else but the Leyson family.
• A rebirth or new life is possible.
• The destruction from the war was being demolished.
• Flowers symbolized a fresh scent in the air.

5) What form of figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind?

• A) Metaphor
• B) Simile
• C) Hyperbole
• D) Personification

6) What did it mean to Leyson to try to "even the score" with the Nazis?

• A) There was nothing he could do to the Nazis to make him feel like they had paid for what they had done.
• B) Leyson did everything to even the score.

• C) Leyson had thought of other ways to take revenge on the Nazis.

• D) He was not going to join the Jewish workers to even the score with the Nazis.

7) Which is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable?

• A) Metaphor
• B) Simile
• C) Hyperbole
• D) Personification

8) What figurative language is using sounds to help describe events in the story?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Consonance
• Onomatopoeia

9) What is the definition of impenetrable?

• Not able to forgive
• Not able to make friends
• Not able to be happy
• Not able to get through

10) What was the phrase the Leyson family used at the beginning of the novel to get through the events they were being faced?

• If we just hold on.

• If we stay hidden.

• If this is the worst that happens.

• If we stay together