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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 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.

2. Who is Herr Schuster?
(a) Friedrich's uncle.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A commander of the Nazi storm troops.
(d) The new landlord.

3. When Friedrich tries to run out of the theater, who stops him?
(a) A policeman.
(b) The narrator.
(c) An old usherette.
(d) No one.

4. What is the rabbi sewing on his clothes?
(a) Yellow stars of David.
(b) The swastika.
(c) Patches.
(d) Hidden pockets.

5. What do the narrator's family members hear while they are in bed?
(a) A scream.
(b) Someone praying.
(c) A song.
(d) Boot steps on the stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what does Friedrich weep?

2. Why does the narrator's family not sleep the night the rabbi and Herr Schneider are taken?

3. Where do the narrator and Friedrich go?

4. What do the boys do while circling the town?

5. How old is Friedrich on this day in the synagogue?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the name "Vulture" an apt one for Resch?

2. What demonstrates the fact that the narrator's family has not completely turned its backs on the Schneiders as so many other non-Jewish Germans have?

3. What is the narrator's ethical dilemma concerning this situation?

4. What happens when a Storm Trooper takes over the physical education of the German school boys during his spare time?

5. What do you think Schneider was doing by saying, "You were right, Herr..."?

6. What is ironic about the prayer that Scholoime is reciting at his death?

7. What does this second eviction notice suggest?

8. What is ironic about the way Resch treats his garden polycarp in contrast to how he treats Friedrich?

9. What is rather ironic in this chapter and why?

10. What does the narrator do with the mob and why do you think he is capable of those acts when his best friend is Jewish?

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