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Leon LeysonThe Boy On The Wooden Box
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2013A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Answer Key
Prologue-Chapter 2
Reading Check
1. Schindler (Prologue)
2. Narewka, Poland (Chapter 1)
3. Kraków (Chapter 1)
4. Work on the railroad (Chapter 1)
5. Poland (Chapter 2)
Short Answer
1. The newspapers being full of antisemitic propaganda, Germany expelling Polish Jews, and the events of Kristallnacht are all cause for alarm in Poland. (Chapter 2)
2. Poland is a near neighbor to Germany and was invaded by Hitler on September 1, 1939. (Chapter 2)
Chapters 3-4
Reading Check
1. The Gestapo (Chapter 3)
2. An armband (Chapter 3)
3. Oskar Schindler (Chapter 3)
4. Emalia (Chapter 4)
Short Answer
1. The Nazis put restrictions on the Jews, evict them from their homes, loot their businesses, and spread antisemitic messages. (Chapter 3)
2. Moshe speaks German and acts as a translator between the Germans and the Poles. (Chapter 3)
3. When German soldiers invaded Moshe’s home attempting to take his possessions, he fought back and was sent to prison. (Chapter 3)
