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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Conversation on the Stairs (1933)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who addresses the meeting?
(a) The narrator's father.
(b) Herr Himler.
(c) Hitler.
(d) A dwarf dressed in a brown uniform.

2. Why are the narrator's parents uncomfortable at the amusement park?
(a) Because the Schneiders have to buy all the tickets and food.
(b) Because their are German soldiers all over.
(c) Because the others see them with a Jewish family.
(d) Because the Schneiders have no money.

3. In what language is the dinner ceremony conducted?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) English.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) German.

4. What does the landlord want?
(a) To reprimand Friedrich.
(b) That the Schneiders vacate their apartment.
(c) The next three month's rent in advance.
(d) To ask that the Schnieders move to the basement apartment.

5. Who does Mr. Schneider meet on the landing?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Friedrich.
(c) Herr Resch.
(d) Mrs. Schneider.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's father do?

2. What happens when the narrator's mother is ready?

3. What does Friedrich have for his outfit?

4. What image strikes the narrator?

5. Of what does the speaker talk?

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