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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. Helen Hirsch refers to Schindler's enamelware factory by what name?
(a) Schindler's Emalia.
(b) Schindler's Heaven.
(c) Schindler's Hope.
(d) Schindler's Salvation.

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

3. In Chapter 16, how many Jews does Keneally say were cleared from the ghetto in the latest Aktion?
(a) 8,000
(b) 7,000
(c) 5,000
(d) 6,000

4. How does Schindler refer to Goeth in Chapter 20?
(a) As an executioner.
(b) As a cunning planner.
(c) As a power-hungry madman.
(d) As a lunatic.

5. 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) Two prisoners are sneaking in a prostitute for Goeth.
(c) Pfefferberg and Lisiek are scrubbing Goeth's bathtub.
(d) A listening device is being placed in Goeth's room.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Oskar and Goeth meet in Chapter 20, each realizes the other is in Cracow to do what?

2. How did Poldek Pfefferberg escape the OD?

3. How does Dr. H help the bedridden patients avoid the SS Aktion?

4. Where did the Poles believe would be a good place to send the Jews?

5. What restaurant did the ZOB bomb?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 31, Schindler tries to convince Madritsch to move his factory, along with Emalia, and work together to save even more Jews than Oskar could save alone. What reasoning does Keneally give for Madritsch's refusal to agree to this right away.

4. Chapters 1-5 describe a point in the war when Germany was advancing quickly, yet little of the actual war movement is described. Why do you think the author chose to do this?

5. Chapter 25 describes Oskar's arrangement of a tour of Plaszow by Babar and Sedlacek, complete with a miniature camera. Emalia is only recently established. Why would Oskar take such a risk?

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

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

8. At the beginning of Chapter 6, Keneally describes Oskar Schindler using "portable wealth--diamonds, gold, trade goods" as the desirable currency of the day. Describe some of the "trade goods" that you think might have been used as currency or barter since much of the Jewish wealth had been confiscated.

9. Chapter 4 deals primarily with the SS Aktion in Kazimierz and gives some history of prior persecution of Jews. Describe one way Oskar Schindler mitigated the risks he took by warning the people in Buchheister of the coming Aktion.

10. In Chapter 27, the burning of the bodies begins at Plaszow. Keneally says "In the enthusiasm of the spring of 1943, bodies--notably the bodies of those killed in the ghetto's last two days--were thrown randomly into mass graves in the woods." Having read of the number killed in the ghetto clearances, and knowing how many have been killed since at Plaszow, describe how you think this level of murder could be completely hidden. If you think it cannot be completely hidden, tell why you think that.

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