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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Oskar returns to Cracow from the Sudetenland, what does he find has happened to two of his barracks?

2. In the end, Brinnlitz produced how many functional pieces of armament?

3. The prisoner Luisa, described in Chapter 23, came to Emalia after what event?

4. Oskar, Emilie and the rest of the Brinnlitz group were caught after slipping through a wire fence into what country?

5. What is the parallel that Keneally draws with Amon and Oskar's card game?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

No novel can succeed without conflict. Many writers and writing teachers believe there are five basic kinds of conflict: man vs. man (or person vs. person), man vs. self, man vs. society, man vs. nature, and man vs. the supernatural. Some also believe in a sixth type of conflict, man vs. technology. What types of conflict have you observed in this novel? Be sure to give at least one specific example for each type that you list.

Essay Topic 2

Keneally begins his book with character descriptions and backgrounds, both Jew and German. Even the Prologue is more character-driven than plot-driven. The plot of the book doesn't really begin until after we know the players. Why do you think Keneally did that? What advantages does that offer for the book or the reader? What disadvantages?

Essay Topic 3

For a character to be memorable, he or she must grow during the course of the novel--in other words, the character cannot be the same person inside that he or she was at the outset. Describe how Oskar Shindler changed and grew during the novel. Use at least one specific example from the beginning of the novel, and at least one specific example from the end of the novel to illustrate your point.

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