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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 does the doctor begin chanting as Frau Schneider is dying?
(a) The 23rd psalm.
(b) "Hear O Israel."
(c) The Lord's Prayer.
(d) The Book of Genesis.

2. Who watches the narrator while his mother is working?
(a) No one.
(b) The kindergarten school.
(c) His aunt.
(d) Mrs. Schneider.

3. Who gives Friedrich an engraved fountain pen?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Neudorf.
(c) Frau Peng.
(d) The narrator's father.

4. What is obvious by the conversation about the grandfather?
(a) He thinks Jews make good bosses.
(b) He is prejudiced against Jewish people.
(c) He is a fan of the Americans.
(d) He has many good Jewish friends.

5. 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 Schneiders have no money.
(d) Because the others see them with a Jewish family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose office sign has a the word "Jew" scrawled across it?

2. Why did Jews flee to Poland and Russia?

3. What does Mr. Schneider tell the sales girl the boys can have?

4. How does the grandfather admonish his son?

5. For whom does the narrator's grandfather work?

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