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

2. Where does Mrs. Schneider go to sob loudly?
(a) To the police station.
(b) To the synagogue.
(c) To see Mr. Rosenthal.
(d) To the narrator's apartment.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the teacher tell the students?

2. What is the problem with Mr. Schneider?

3. With what does Friedrich win over the narrator?

4. What happens when Mrs. Schneider goes to talk with the housekeeper?

5. Why can't the housekeeper work for Mrs. Schneider?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ominous about the image of Herr Schneider coming down the street and the news he brings?

2. Describe the conversation between Herr Schneider and the narrator's father about the Nazi party. Do you think the narrator's father is justified in joining the party?

3. Summarize what the teacher says about Jewish history.

4. Explain the situation with Frau Penk and why she gives up her position with Mrs. Schneider.

5. What first appears in this chapter and what is the context?

6. Who is Dr. Jakob Askenase and what is significant about the boys' visit there in this chapter?

7. Why do you think the narrator is so distracted?

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

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

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