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

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

3. What gift does Herr Schindler bring with him to dinner in the Prologue?
(a) Cognac.
(b) A solid gold tie clip.
(c) A gold-plated cigarette case.
(d) Whiskey.

4. How does the pharmacist Bachner say he survived the Prokocim camp?
(a) By hiding in a latrine.
(b) By jumping off the back of a moving rail car.
(c) By producing fake documents and being released.
(d) By hiding when everyone was herded off the rail cars.

5. In Chapter Three, what does Keneally say will eventually happen to the Pfefferbergs?
(a) They would be taken to a concentration camp.
(b) They would escape to Germany.
(c) They would have to flee to Switzerland.
(d) They would be ordered out of their apartment and their valuables taken.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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 the Prologue, what does Bosch ask Schindler for, to benefit one of Bosch's relatives?

5. After Diana Reiter points out flaws in some building foundations, what are Amon Goeth's orders?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. In Chapter 21, Keneally writes, "they thought of him as a good enough fellow who'd been stricken with a form of Jew-love as with a virus. . . But he would have to pay for his disease." What does Keneally mean by that?

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

4. 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.

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. The Trustees of Yad Vashem began to collect testimonies regarding Oskar. Were all of them positive? If not, what was a complaint?

8. In Chapter 5, Keneally mentions the Germans' "resettlement policy." What was meant by that term?

9. Explain why you think pharmacist Bachner returned from Prokocim to the Cracow ghetto, rather than trying to escape to freedom.

10. 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?

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