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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first prisoner that Oskar Schindler had buried after death?
(a) Janka Feigenbaum.
(b) Rabbi Levartov.
(c) Henry Rosner.
(d) Dr. Alexander Biberstein

2. What does the dead Australian have clutched in his hand?
(a) A letter from home.
(b) An English Bible.
(c) A picture of a girl.
(d) Orders to kill Germans.

3. Regina Perlman visits Schindler in order to do what?
(a) To arrange her escape.
(b) To get help finding her son.
(c) To get her parents into Schindler's backyard camp.
(d) To sell Schindler black-market diamonds.

4. Throughout the war years, Oskar is depicted as. . .
(a) Living inconspicuously.
(b) Arguing with the Gestapo.
(c) Spending like a compulsive gambler.
(d) Bullying his way to the top.

5. The prisoners, once able to leave Brinnlitz. . .
(a) Did not leave immediately, but ventured out only tentatively.
(b) Got out as quickly as they could.
(c) Only went out once they each had a weapon.
(d) Left under cover of darkness, just in case roving Germans or SS men were about.

6. What type of factory did Schindler open, using capital from the Joint Distribution Committee and "loans" from some Schindler Jews?
(a) A sawmill.
(b) A flooring factory.
(c) A cement factory.
(d) A fish farm.

7. What did Stern have engraved on Oskar's ring?
(a) Through God, anything is possible.
(b) He who saves a single life saves the world.
(c) Our savior.
(d) Every man is an island.

8. In Chapter 22, Goeth tells Schindler he can keep his factory workers on the premises, "as long as you don't want. . . . "
(a) To waste space within your factory for their sleeping quarters.
(b) My chef and his helpers.
(c) To keep their wages for yourself.
(d) My musicians or my maid.

9. To what destination did Oskar sail in the Epilogue?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Australia.
(c) America.
(d) England.

10. About what did the SS question Helen Hirsch?
(a) If she had ever tried to escape Plaszow.
(b) The bruises on her face and body.
(c) Where Goeth got the money to live his lavish lifestyle.
(d) Any participation she might have had in Goeth's swindles.

11. Who does Oskar bring to Emalia at the beginning of Chapter 23?
(a) Ingrid and Ricard Baume.
(b) Dolek Horowitz.
(c) Luisa Kleinfeld.
(d) Regina, Niusia, and Richard Horowitz.

12. What does Schindler pay to Grun for not executing Lamus?
(a) A fifth of rum.
(b) A bottle of vodka.
(c) Single-malt Scotch.
(d) Half a litre of vodka.

13. What signal did Schindler want Stern to use to point out an item of interest to Sedlacek and Babar?
(a) Put his hands in his pockets.
(b) Bend down and tie his shoestring.
(c) Adjust his hat.
(d) Cough twice.

14. During the winter of 1944-45, how many people does Keneally state that Schindler and Sussmuth managed to get out of Auschwitz?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 2,000.

15. What did Oskar have secreted away in his car in Chapter 37?
(a) American dollars.
(b) Zloty.
(c) Reichmarks.
(d) Diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. The telegram from Hassebroeck to Liepold gave instructions for what?

2. What was the name of the secret, postwar society of SS men?

3. How much was Schindler spending each month on black-market food for his workers?

4. Young Richard Rosner was never able to go to a children's playground again without growing hysterical at the sight of what piece of equipment?

5. What privilege does Schindler secretly grant to Rabbi Levartov once he's at Emalia?

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