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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Poles believe would be a good place to send the Jews?
(a) Africa.
(b) Romania.
(c) Madagascar.
(d) France.

2. After Oskar's birthday party in 1942, what happens?
(a) He gets drunk and talks to a Jew.
(b) He is arrested for the second time.
(c) He gives everyone at Emalia the rest of the day off.
(d) His workers have to hide from the SS troops.

3. In which country does the novel take place?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Poland.

4. While the Prologue's dinner party is going on downstairs, what is happening upstairs?
(a) An after-dinner surprise is being set up for Goeth.
(b) Pfefferberg and Lisiek are scrubbing Goeth's bathtub.
(c) Two prisoners are sneaking in a prostitute for Goeth.
(d) A listening device is being placed in Goeth's room.

5. Rolf Czurda tells Oskar the reason the Jews have no future. What is that reason?
(a) It's ethnic cleansing.
(b) It's policy.
(c) It's them or us.
(d) It's a written mandate.

6. What does Oskar Schindler hire Mina Pfefferberg to do?
(a) Clean his Cracow apartment once a week.
(b) Serve as hostess at his frequent dinner parties.
(c) Interior decoration of his Cracow apartment.
(d) Clean up the apartment after the SS had gone through it, making a mess.

7. In Chapter 13, where is violinist Henry Rosner working?
(a) In Madritsch's plant.
(b) In Schindler's Emalia plant.
(c) As second violinist with the Cracow Symphony Orchestra.
(d) At a mess hall on the Luftwaffe airbase.

8. In the Prologue, how does Schindler kiss the prostitutes invited to dinner?
(a) On the wrist.
(b) On the lips.
(c) On the hand.
(d) On the cheek.

9. With the assistance of Stern, Schindler obtains:
(a) Documents that will protect him from Hitler.
(b) Loans to start up his business interests.
(c) Black-market connections for his products.
(d) Enamelware to get production started.

10. When Oskar and Goeth meet in Chapter 20, each realizes the other is in Cracow to do what?
(a) Take advantage of the system.
(b) Evade military service.
(c) Make a fortune.
(d) Spy on the other.

11. What color does the little girl who is brought to the Dresners prefer?
(a) Blue.
(b) Orange.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

12. Who comes to Cracow making "wary" inquiries about Schindler?
(a) A German named Bachner.
(b) An SS officer named Goebel.
(c) A dentist named Sedlacek.
(d) A Jew named Hodermann.

13. According to Keneally, Hitler switched from shooting Jews to gassing them after what event?
(a) After witnesses from the United Nations heard about the killing from the sounds of gunfire.
(b) After Leni Riefenstahl had complained about witnessing the execution of a line of Jews with automatic weapons.
(c) After three Jews had survived an attempted killing and successfully escaped the city.
(d) After two SS guards were accidentally wounded from ricocheting rounds.

14. In Chapter Two, Oskar Schindler meets a Jewish accountant named. . .
(a) Itzhak Stern.
(b) Mina Goring.
(c) Ingrid Sudenten.
(d) Sepp Aue.

15. In the Prologue, a prisoner is also on his way to the Commandant's villa. Who is that prisoner?
(a) Polek Pfefferberg.
(b) Helen Hirsch.
(c) The chauffeur.
(d) Ivan the Ukranian.

Short Answer Questions

1. The street on which Oskar Schindler's apartment was located ended at. . .

2. How long did Schindler court Emilie before marrying her?

3. The Judenrat was what?

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

5. How does Leopold Pfefferberg escape his imprisonment in the Cracow train station?

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