WorksheetsThe Boy on the Wooden Box Test Study Guide
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Using context clues to help determine the meaning, what does the word furtively mean in the following quote from The Boy on the Wooden Box?
"Escapees from earlier deportations had furtively returned to the ghetto with stories of trains filled with people entering a camp and leaving empty, even though the population of the camp had never increased" (94).
aggressively
secretively
adamantly
openly
Using context clues to help determine the meaning, what does the word desolation mean in the following quote from The Boy on the Wooden Box?
“Driven by pain and desolation, that evening I risked beatings or even worse by sneaking over to my father’s barracks” (122).
loneliness
determination
dedication
selfishness
Using context clues to help determine the meaning, what does the word extraordinary mean in the following quote from The Boy on the Wooden Box?
"As I pulled the chain and watched the water swish against the sides of the bowl, I thought this was about as extraordinary an invention as they could be" (34).
disastrous
depressing
ordinary
amazing
When Leon goes to the infirmary for his injured leg and later realizes after he left, that all of the remaining patients were shot by Amon Goeth, what literary device is this an example of?
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Symbolism
Which of the following literary devices would the following quote from The Boy on the Wooden Box?
When you grow older, children
You will understand
How many tears lie in these letters
And how much lament.
“It never would have occurred to me that those words were forecasting my imminent and terrifying future” (29).
Irony
Symbolism
Flashback
Foreshadowing
What type of figurative language is used in the following quote from The Boy on the Wooden Box?
“ In May 1940, the Nazis began to implement a policy to ‘cleanse’ Krakow…of its Jewish population” (72).
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Euphemism
What type of figurative language is used in the following quote from The Boy on the Wooden Box?
“Still naked, we were assembled and processed like items of cargo”(154).
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
What type of figurative language is used in the following quote from The Boy on the Wooden Box?
"So not even the scariest of fairy tales could have prepared me for the monsters I would confront just a few years later, the narrow escapes I would experience, or the hero, disguised as a monster himself who would save my life" (7).
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
What type of figurative language is used in the following quote from The Boy on the Wooden Box?
"Stepping through those gates was like arriving at the innermost circle of hell" (112).
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
True or False: The Boy on the Wooden Box is a Memoir.
True
False
When Leon's teacher in Krakow calls him Moshe, what lesson does he learn?
Leon learned that the term Moshe, used by non-Jews, was an insult.
The teacher knew Leon's father and respected him greatly.
The teacher was really proud of Leon's work.
Leon learned that his teacher really liked him.
The small area of Krakow that the Jews were confined to was called the ___________________________.
suburbs
ghetto
inner city
village
_________________________ is the name of the commandant of Plaszow, who enjoyed torturing Jews for no reason.
Fuhrer Adolf Hitler
General Rommel
SS Hampsturmfuher Amon Goeth
Oskar Schindler
_________________________ is the name of the German factory owner that helped save 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust.
Fuhrer Adolf Hitler
General Rommel
SS Hampsturmfuher Amon Goeth
Oskar Schindler
The actions of the German soldiers against the Jews included... Check ALL the Answers that apply.
the looting of Jewish businesses
the evictions of Jews from their apartments
the frequent attendance of prayers at the synagogues
the cutting off of the beards and side curls of traditionally dressed Jewish men.
All of the following were ways that the German's demonstrated prejudice against the Jews. Check ALL the Answers that apply.
making them attend school
forcing them to relocate
depicting them as untrustworthy people
forbidding them to ride public transportation
Which of the following is/are NOT true for the Leyson family after liberation? Check ALL the Answers that apply.
They went back to their old life in Krakow as if nothing happened.
They reunited with their family in Narweka and moved back there.
Many people in Krakow treated them poorly and they had a hard time getting back on their feet.
They moved to Palestine with distant relatives.
What happened to Oskar Schindler after the war?
He organized a rescue mission.
He struggled financially and claimed bankruptcy.
He moved to America.
He was tried and convicted for treason.
What is one theme for The Boy on the Wooden Box?
There is light in even the darkest times.
The past is best forgotten.
Sometimes you must forget others and look out for yourself.
Don't expect others to help you when you need it most.
Leon immigrates to the United States and settles in
South Carolina
California
New York
Texas
