The Boy on the Wooden Box - Chapter 4 Quiz

Select the statement that is false about Oskar Schindler and his business practices:

• Schindler did not have to pay his Polish workers much.

• Schindler's company produced enamelware for the Germans.

• Schindler only had to pay the Jewish workers minimum wages.

• Schindler bought a business from a bankrupt Jewish businessman.

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Why was it important for a Jewish person to be employed?

• They could be made to do forced labor.

• They could manage to hide away small amounts of food they found or received.

• They felt safe and somewhat protected from the Nazi.

• They would have the necessary credentials to keep them out of harms way.

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What is Bescheinigung?

• The dialect spoke in Poland

• Polish currency

• Document stating that a Jew was employed by a German Company

• Document allowing Germans to employ Polish Workers

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What did Leon do almost daily since he did not have to wear The Star of David?

• Talked to his neighbors about the Resistance.

• Shared chocolate with his family.

• Spoke with German Soldiers.

• Helped out with the cleaning in the guard house.

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What was ironic about Leon's actions when he came across the Nazis?

• Leon looked like a Polish Jew.

• The Germans were supposed to dislike him.

• The Nazis were not nice to Leon.

• The Nazis paid for his Star of David so he would remain safe.

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Tens of thousands of Jewish people were deported from Krakow, with only 15,000 remaining. This was knows as_________________.

• clearing

• cleansing

• cleaning

• dislocating

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What risks did Leon's father not take in an attempt to help his family?

• Brought his food home instead of eating it.

• Took coal for his furnace during the cold weather.

• Took extra coins off the generator.

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"I looked up at the high walls and saw that, with their flare for the sadistic, the Nazis, in the last few days, had topped the walls with rounded stones..."~Leon Leyson

This quote provides evidence of the message the Nazis were sending as one of____________.

• welcoming

• relocation

• death

• transition

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At the end of 1940, rumors were circulating that a ___________________ would be built in the southern section of the city Leon's family resided.

• concentration camp

• death camp

• ghetto

• factory

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