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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 does Vernichtungslager mean?
(a) Hidden refuge.
(b) Travel to the border.
(c) Extermination camp.
(d) Work camp.

2. 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) Spy on the other.
(c) Evade military service.
(d) Make a fortune.

3. In what year was Oskar Schindler born?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1907.

4. What is the name of Schindler's wife?
(a) Ekaterina.
(b) Emilie.
(c) Eileen.
(d) Eugenia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, a prisoner is also on his way to the Commandant's villa. Who is that prisoner?

2. On April 29, 1942, where does Oskar Schindler go?

3. When speaking with Oskar in Chapter 12, Philip finds some graffiti on the wall written in Polish. Philip translates it. What did it say?

4. In Chapter 10, Keneally states that the SS was becoming more powerful because they were becoming:

5. In Chapter 11, Szymon Jereth is the "unofficial manager" of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Oskar eventually returns to Frankfurt, where he decides to go into industry again. What type of business does he open?

2. What types of professions merited a blue sticker on the new identity cards, as described in Chapter 13?

3. Chapter 23 tells the story of Regina Perlman, a Jew living under forged South American papers. She goes to Schindler to beg for the transfer of her parents to Emalia. What were the risks on both sides of this transaction?

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

5. In an ironic twist, Amon Goeth is arrested in Chapter 31, not for crimes against the prisoners, but for embezzlement. To some of the prisoners, though, like Helen Hirsch and Mietek Pemper, this was worse than a more serious charge. Why?

6. The funeral pyres described in Chapter 27 signal the beginning of the end for Plaszow, yet there is no description of any panic or worry on the part of the prisoners. Having read the descriptions of the prisoners to this point, explain why you think this is so.

7. How does witnessing the activities in Krakusa Street affect Schindler?

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

9. According to witnesses, what did Amon Goeth do just before he was hung?

10. What benefits does Leopold Pfefferberg bring to the ghetto citizenry via his membership in the OD?

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