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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. How much does Oskar use to bribe the SS man to buy him a bottle of vodka in Chapter 11?
(a) 50 zloty.
(b) 75 zloty.
(c) 60 zloty.
(d) 40 zloty.

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

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

4. What does the SS force former jeweler Mordecai Wulkan to do?
(a) Create new Nazi jewelry from melted-down Jewish jewelry.
(b) Sell gold and silver on the black market.
(c) Separate and grade the valuables from dead Jews.
(d) Remove the diamonds from Jewish rings.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many women did Schindler estimate were to live in each barracks in Plaszow?

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

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 11, where was Schindler taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Steinberg do while he is a prisoner in the Luftwaffe camp?

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

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

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

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

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. What did people like the Rosner brothers and Manci Rosner bring with them when they went to the countryside to "lose themselves among the peasants"?

9. Of Schindler's first arrest, Keneally writes "he would have enjoyed a radio." What does that tell you about Schindler?

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

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