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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Death (1938)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sign is one man carrying outside Mr. Rosenthal's shop?
(a) "Go home Brits."
(b) "Take precautions for the flu."
(c) "Jews welcome here."
(d) "Don't buy from Jews."

2. Where is the narrator's apartment?
(a) In the Resch home.
(b) In London.
(c) In a small village.
(d) In Bonn.

3. Who clears the snow?
(a) Friedrich.
(b) Herr Resch.
(c) Frau Resch.
(d) The narrator.

4. What does the narrator do with his candy?
(a) Starts to share, but his mother motions him to wait.
(b) Shares with everyone.
(c) Eats it.
(d) Throws in down the trash chute because he's angry.

5. What does the narrator's mother mention when she bathes both of the boys?
(a) That Friedrich is much darker than the narrator.
(b) Friedrich's circumcision.
(c) That the narrator is much more musclular than Friedrich.
(d) That the water shows how badly they needed a bath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother do while his father is looking for a job?

2. What does the narrator watch as sundown approaches?

3. Why does Herr Schneider bring Dr. Levy to the narrator's apartment?

4. With what does the the shop owner threaten Friedrich?

5. What does the narrator tell his mother about his activities?

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