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

2. For what does the narrator's father pay?
(a) Licorice and a group photograph.
(b) The ride home.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The exit tax.

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

4. What do the narrator and his mother do before going outside?
(a) Remove their jewelry so it doesn't freeze their skin.
(b) Cross themselves because they are Catholic.
(c) Knock on Friedrich's door.
(d) Look out the window.

5. What does the narrator warn Friedrich not to reveal?
(a) That Friedrich is Jewish.
(b) That the narrator has no money.
(c) That the narrator is a year too young to join the group.
(d) That Friedrich is not a Nazi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator and Friedrich think about the landlord's demand?

2. What does Mrs. Schneider explain about the mezuzah?

3. What do parents traditionally do on the first day of school?

4. What does the narrator's father do?

5. What image strikes the narrator?

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