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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Danka Dresner attempt to hide?
(a) Beneath loose floorboards in her house.
(b) Inside a false wall in a neighbor's house.
(c) On a small shelf halfway down a neighbor's well.
(d) On a high branch in an evergreen tree.

2. In Chapter Two, Itzhak Stern tells Schindler the phrase that he thinks encouraged Schindler to save all those Jews later in the war. What was that phrase?
(a) There is a time and a purpose to everything under the heavens.
(b) Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you.
(c) He who saves the life of one man saves the entire world.
(d) He who planteth, soweth.

3. According to the Prologue, Herr Schindler approached his dinner at Commandant Goethe's with. . .
(a) Anticipation.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Loathing.
(d) Trepidation.

4. Where did the Rosner brothers go in their attempt to escape the actions of the Germans?
(a) Cracow.
(b) Tyniec.
(c) Lodz.
(d) Wegierska.

5. What reason does Schindler give Goeth for continuing his enamelware operations without change?
(a) Potential loss of profit.
(b) Potential interference from the SS.
(c) Potential loss of his license.
(d) Potential industrial problems.

6. In Chapter 4, Schindler tries to warn Itzhak Stern about. . .
(a) The imminent seizure of their property.
(b) An SS invasion of Kazimierz the next day.
(c) The drowning of the local rabbi next week.
(d) An SS spy operating in their neighborhood.

7. In the Prologue, Schindler remarks that Goeth turns into what when drunk?
(a) A happy drunk.
(b) A sadist.
(c) A blubbering idiot.
(d) A masochist.

8. To where does Schindler agree to travel in Chapter 17?
(a) To Budapest, Hungary.
(b) To Berlin, Germany.
(c) To Lodz, Czechoslovakia.
(d) To Paris, France.

9. How does Dr. H help the bedridden patients avoid the SS Aktion?
(a) By drawing the soldiers away from the abandoned hospital.
(b) By giving them cyanide.
(c) By covering them with sheets and saying they're dead.
(d) By hiding them.

10. What gift does Herr Schindler bring with him to dinner in the Prologue?
(a) A solid gold tie clip.
(b) A gold-plated cigarette case.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Cognac.

11. In Chapter Three, what does Keneally say will eventually happen to the Pfefferbergs?
(a) They would be taken to a concentration camp.
(b) They would have to flee to Switzerland.
(c) They would escape to Germany.
(d) They would be ordered out of their apartment and their valuables taken.

12. In Chapter 10, Keneally states that the SS was becoming more powerful because they were becoming:
(a) Closer to the Fuhrer.
(b) Not simply the arm of policy, but the makers of it as well.
(c) Inured to the suffering through which they were putting the Jews.
(d) Able to distance themselves from their actions and their victims.

13. To what type of venue did Oskar Schindler invite a group of men around Christmas of 1939?
(a) A high-class dinner club.
(b) A country club.
(c) A men's club.
(d) A jazz club.

14. What disease did Schindler find the Jewish women fending off in the ghetto by scrubbing and boiling clothes?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Diptheria.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Influenza.

15. In the Prologue, what does Bosch ask Schindler for, to benefit one of Bosch's relatives?
(a) Silverware.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Kitchenware.
(d) Clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, Schindler becomes familiar with someone because of his daily drives past the ghetto area. Who was that person?

2. In which country does the novel take place?

3. What was the "solution" Hitler came up with for getting rid of the Jews?

4. Who is the oldest person at the dinner party described in the Prologue?

5. How many women did Schindler estimate were to live in each barracks in Plaszow?

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