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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Schneider go to sob loudly?

2. Who does the judge suggest the Nazis may turn against next?

3. What is Friedrich explaining to the narrator?

4. What does Friedrich do with his candy?

5. What does the narrator's father confess?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator's father do that is equally as courageous as what his son does in the last chapter?

3. What does this situation with Frau Penk demonstrate?

4. Describe how the window is broken. Do you think the narrator shows courage in taking responsibility for breaking the window or is lying never acceptable?

5. What is the first couple of indications in this book that this story will have something to do with the persecution of the Jewish people?

6. What indications are there that Friedrich and his mother enjoy a good relationship?

7. How does Friedrich's relationship with his mother contrast to that of the narrator's relationship with his mother?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The chapter titled "The Pogrom" is probably a very difficult one for many readers, not only because it is the first instance of physical harm done to a character but also because of the narrator's seeming betrayal of his Jewish friends. Choose one of the following questions and write a well-developed, cohesive essay using examples from the text and your research or personal experience:

1. Research and explain the topic of mob psychology and how this applies to the narrator's participation in the destruction.

2. What is a pogrom? Research the history of pogroms and cite some of the most well-known ones. Have they always been against Jews? Why do you think otherwise sane and good people participate in a pogrom?

3. Could you ever imagine yourself participating in the kind of activities that take place in this chapter? Not necessarily against the Jews, but against some group of people with whom you feel uncomfortable or threatened. Write an essay about this topic.

Essay Topic 2

In the chapter titled, "The Hearing," the Judge tells Resch's attorney he sees no legal ground for evicting the Schneiders. the following questions and write a well-developed, cohesive essay using examples from the text and your research or personal experience:

1. Research pre-WWII Germany and learn about the legal, political and human resistance to Hitler's growing repression and control of Germany.

2. How much resistance is offered? Who offered the most--religious institutions? Social institutions? Political groups?

3. How do those groups oppose Hitler? Protests? Legal injunctions? Elections?

4. Why do you think those groups/individuals fail to halt Hitler's advance to power?

Essay Topic 3

The chapter titled "The Movie" is very significant in understanding how the German people came to be active Jew persecutors or at the very least placidly compliant in the slaughter and persecution of Jews. Choose one of the following questions and write a well-developed, cohesive essay using examples from the text and your research or personal experience:

1. Research the movie Sweet Jew and do a critical analysis of the content.

2. Research the history of the German film industry from its internationally acclaimed status in the early part of the 20th century to its decline in quality when it began being used by the Nazi party for the dissemination of propaganda. Write an essay chronicling the changes.

3. How are movies still used to support and promote certain political or social agendas? Write an essay discussing this topic.

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