2. How does the girl silence Friedrich on an outing?
(a) By covering his mouth with her hand.
(b) With a scream.
(c) By asking him to hush.
(d) With a kiss.

3. What does Schuster demand of the boys when he sees Friedrich?
(a) That they run around him in circles to intimidate him.
(b) That they pretend not to see him.
(c) Demands his boys show what Germans do to inferior Jews.
(d) That they spit on Friedrich.

4. Why does Herr Schneider knock on the narrator's door late at night?
(a) To ask that Friedrich be adopted by them.
(b) To ask for the family to stay there.
(c) To upbraid the narrator.
(d) To borrow a lamp.

5. Who does the rabbi say will help him further?
(a) No one.
(b) A German soldier whose life the rabbi saved.
(c) Other friends.
(d) His wife's family.

6. How does the narrator's family show its continued concern for Friedrich?
(a) They off to take him with them to the air raid shelter.
(b) They give him all their money.
(c) The draw a bath for him and give him clean clothes.
(d) They hug him and cry.

7. Why do they decide not to let Friedrich stay?
(a) Because Resch threatens to report them all.
(b) Because no one is allowed in after the raid starts.
(c) Because Friedrich has no identification.
(d) Because Friedrich is a Jew.

8. What does Resch pick up?
(a) Some debris on his rose bush.
(b) A spade that has embedded in his rose bush.
(c) An unexploded shell.
(d) His wounded garden dwarf, Polycarp.

9. What does the doctor advise Frau Schneider to do?
(a) Breathe gently while the sedative works.
(b) Confess her sins to her husband.
(c) Nothing; she is beyond advice.
(d) Look forward to many more years of life.

10. What does Friedrich do?
(a) Still goes to school.
(b) Helps his dad collect junk.
(c) Works for the narrator's father.
(d) Fixes lamps.

11. What indications are there that the air raid siren is not a false alarm?
(a) The apartment building is shaking.
(b) A policeman with a bullhorn is yelling to the residents.
(c) Anti-aircraft guns thunder; searchlights sway across the sky, planes hum, and shrapnel falls.
(d) A piece of tree limb flies into the window.

12. Who is Helga?
(a) The new cleaning lady that the narrator's mother hires.
(b) His paternal aunt.
(c) His mother's only sibling.
(d) A girl with whom Friedrich falls in love.

13. What does the rabbi insist upon doing?
(a) Taking off the Star of David on his jacket.
(b) Meeting the narrator and thanking him.
(c) Leaving the Schneider home.
(d) Saying the Sabbath prayers.

14. What do the boys do next?
(a) Swim and sun.
(b) Play soccer.
(c) Chase some girls in fun.
(d) Read the newspaper at the library.

15. Of what does Resch boast?
(a) His meeting with Hitler.
(b) German power.
(c) His position of authority.
(d) His wealth.