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

2. During which war does the action in this novel take place?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Korean War.

3. In Chapter Two, Oskar Schindler meets a Jewish accountant named. . .
(a) Mina Goring.
(b) Itzhak Stern.
(c) Ingrid Sudenten.
(d) Sepp Aue.

4. In the Prologue, a prisoner is also on his way to the Commandant's villa. Who is that prisoner?
(a) The chauffeur.
(b) Ivan the Ukranian.
(c) Polek Pfefferberg.
(d) Helen Hirsch.

5. The street on which Oskar Schindler's apartment was located ended at. . .
(a) The American embassy.
(b) Wawel Castle.
(c) The German consulate.
(d) SS headquarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Schindler refer to Goeth in Chapter 20?

2. Who comes to Cracow making "wary" inquiries about Schindler?

3. What restaurant did the ZOB bomb?

4. What percentage does Schindler say he'll take as courier for the resistance?

5. In the Prologue, what does Goeth refer to Schindler as?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did young Olek Rosner get some water when the train from Goleszow finally stopped?

2. Little Genia has a fictitious "family." Why?

3. Write a short description of what you think an Aktion would have looked like to a Jew in Cracow in 1940.

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

5. Oskar bought some new machinery locally, some from the "homeland." What might be some reasons for that?

6. The beginning of Chapter 16 describes the fallout from the Aktion that cleared thousands from the ghetto. Then Keneally writes, "It was no use bringing such tidings to the Judenrat." If the Judenrat were supposed to help the Jews, why would that be the case?

7. 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.

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

9. The ghetto's last morning, as detailed in Chapter 20, was on a Shabbat. Amon Goeth was in Peace Square to supervise. Discuss the imagery Keneally wrote into this scene, and how that imagery made the scene more effective.

10. 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?

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