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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does the the shop owner threaten Friedrich?
(a) Prison.
(b) Juvenile detention.
(c) Reporting to Friedrich's parents.
(d) Hitler.

2. Of what does the speaker talk?
(a) The coming glory of war.
(b) The glory of WWI.
(c) The plight of the unemployed.
(d) The terrible things the Jews have done.

3. For whom does the narrator's grandfather work?
(a) He is self-employed.
(b) The railroad.
(c) The mercantile guild.
(d) The government.

4. What does the judge tell the Reschs' attorney?
(a) That the Schneiders should vacate the premises within sixty days.
(b) That Resch is a bigot.
(c) That the Schneiders should vacate the premises immediately.
(d) There are no grounds for the Schneider's eviction.

5. What does Mr. Schneider tell the sales girl the boys can have?
(a) A toy to be charged to Mr. Schneider.
(b) A tour of the administrative floors.
(c) A piece of candy.
(d) A look from the roof of the building.

6. What do parents traditionally do on the first day of school?
(a) Dress their children in lederhosen.
(b) Have a barbeque.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Have a celebration.

7. How does Mr. Schneider look when he waves goodbye to the boys?
(a) He is no longer smiling.
(b) Angry.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Jolly.

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

9. What does Mrs. Schneider explain about the mezuzah?
(a) That it is an ancient Greek symbol.
(b) That it belongs to all humanity.
(c) That it helps Jews remember God and his commandments.
(d) That it is a Celtic symbol of fertitlity.

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

11. What does Mr. Schneider offer the shop keeper?
(a) Money to fix the window.
(b) A valuable piece of jewelry.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Help with organizing her shop.

12. What does Friedrich have for his outfit?
(a) A old WWI helmet.
(b) A grand ring.
(c) A yellow star of David.
(d) A toy rifle.

13. What does the narrator ask of Mr. Schneider?
(a) To stop talking to his family.
(b) That he leave Germany while he still can.
(c) To borrow some money.
(d) To move down the street to the Jewish quarter.

14. What does the narrator's father find after joining the Nazi party?
(a) A job.
(b) He has been deceived.
(c) He is confused by the ideology.
(d) He is depressed by the hatred.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the store owner call Friedrich?

2. What does the narrator watch as sundown approaches?

3. For what does the narrator's father pay?

4. What is Germany full of at the moment?

5. How would you characterize the teacher's tone?

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