The Boy On The Wooden Box

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)