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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the narrator's father encouraged him to do?
(a) Stay in the Jungvolk and do his duty.
(b) Abandon his friendship with Friedrich.
(c) Quit the Jungvolk.
(d) Remain Friedrich's friend.

2. Who is the downcast drunk that shuffles by?
(a) Herr Resch.
(b) Mr. Schneider.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) Mr. Rosenthal.

3. What does the narrator watch?
(a) The Nazis walking by the apartment.
(b) The way the ice freezes on the sidewalk.
(c) The building of a snowman.
(d) The death of a sparrow in the snow.

4. What does the narrator's father do?
(a) Offers to help the Schneiders move to the basement.
(b) Calls his lawyer.
(c) Refuses to be a witness.
(d) Supports the landlord.

5. What happens when the narrator's mother is ready?
(a) She dresses herself and the narrator warmly.
(b) She calls her mother.
(c) She calls to Friedrich's mother to come up for tea.
(d) She takes the cake out of the oven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who muscles past the protester?

2. What does Mr. Schneider ask of the narrator's father?

3. What does the store owner call Friedrich?

4. What does the teacher tell the students?

5. For what do many Christians still not forgive the Jews (in that time period)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the teacher demonstrate his sympathy for the Jews and for Friedrich in particular?

2. Describe Friedrich's preparations for his first visit to a meeting of the Jungvolk.

3. How does the narrator describe the Jewish Sabbath dinner at Friedrich's home? What does this indicate to the reader?

4. What does this scene about the broken window portend?

5. Summarize what the teacher says about Jewish history.

6. What does the narrator say when Herr Schneider asks him about the Jungvolk and how does Herr Schneider respond to the narrator's reply?

7. What does the speaker at the meeting talk about and what is Friedrich's reaction?

8. What are the indications that the narrator's family is not as well to do as Friedich's family?

9. What does Friedrich do after the verdict and what is the judge's response? Why do you think Friedrich responds the way he does?

10. What may be foreshadowing a future of terror and death for Jews?

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