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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Schindler's beautiful Polish secretary?
(a) Anika Biberstein.
(b) Veronika Shastain.
(c) Lena Hirsch.
(d) Victoria Klonowska.

2. Who is dragging segments of huts uphill on Jerozolimska Street?
(a) Half the detainees of the Prokocim camp.
(b) Children from the Prokocim camp.
(c) Men from the Prokocim camp.
(d) Women from the Prokocim camp.

3. In the Prologue, the narrator remarks that only Schindler, Madritsch, and Titsch regularly spent money on this commodity. What is it?
(a) Extra bread.
(b) Extra shoes.
(c) Extra uniforms.
(d) Soup for the factory workers.

4. Bachner saw bunkers in Belzec labeled. . .
(a) Showers and Dressing Rooms.
(b) Baths and Inhalation Rooms.
(c) Men and Women.
(d) Singles and Families.

5. How much does Helen Hirsch pay Schindler to rescue her sister?
(a) 3,000 zloty.
(b) 1,000 zloty.
(c) 2,000 zloty.
(d) 4,000 zloty.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 13, where is violinist Henry Rosner working?

3. What happened to the Jews at prayer in the Stara Boznica synagogue when the Einsatzgruppe squad arrived?

4. What does Jereth point out to Schindler regarding the "wasteland" behind Jereth's factory?

5. Oskar Schindler dreamed of growing up to become. . .

Short Essay Questions

1. Henry Rosner recalls that, even after the war, Oskar was the "great discoverer of unprocurables." What did he obtain in Munich that seemingly no one else could obtain?

2. After some of the war crimes trials, Oskar uses money from the Joint Distribution Committee to become a farmer of sorts. What does he decide to farm, and where?

3. When Oskar is trying to leave Brinnlitz, his car won't start. What was the cause?

4. How do Oskar and Oberleutnant Sussmuth get an additional approximately 3,000 women out of Auschwitz?

5. In the Prologue, Keneally describes "a prison road paved with Jewish gravestones." Discuss the symbolism of this image.

6. Chapter 16 compares the ZOB's resistance style (blowing things up) against Oskar's style (protecting his Jewish workers). Describe which method you think is more effective, and why.

7. Unlike the secret pictures taken by Babar in Chapter 25, Raimund Titsch took rolls of photographs with Goeth's knowledge. In fact, many of them were of Goeth, as well as Goeth's girlfriend Majola. What does the fact that Goeth allowed this tell you about him?

8. What does Pfefferberg's actions in Chapter 21, when he's looking for Mila, tell you about the man?

9. What does Keneally's initial description of Oskar Schindler tell you about the man?

10. Chapter 17 describes the first time Oskar works for the resistance. It is still relatively early in Oskar's involvement and few reasons are given for Oskar undertaking such a risky journey. Why do you think Oskar decided to risk the trip to Budapest?

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