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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 does Jacob do to avoid being recognized as a Jew on the way to the synagogue?
(a) He takes off his cloak.
(b) He stops talking.
(c) He wears casual clothes.
(d) He takes off his cap.

2. What does Moritz love best as a child?
(a) Studying.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Running.
(d) Fighting.

3. What does Herr Kremer believe is more powerful than politics?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Reason.
(d) Love.

4. What does Judith do when a soldier attacks Mordecai?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She faints.
(c) She offers herself in his place.
(d) She kills him.

5. What do the German children hate most about Ernie?
(a) His stubbornness.
(b) His gentleness.
(c) His courage.
(d) His intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herr Geek force the Jewish children to do?

2. What did Judith call Benjamin's affliction when they arrived at Stillenstadt?

3. What does Benjamin think will make Jews become Germans?

4. When Benjamin's hand bleeds, what do his fellow workers think about their cruelty?

5. What question does Judith raise that Mordecai cannot answer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Herr Kremer mean when he says the child is descended from the man?

2. What does Ernie think when he feels no pain from the bumps and gashes he has suffered?

3. How does Benjamin successfully market himself as a tailor?

4. How does Mordecai answer the question of why the Just Man dies in bed, rather than in martyrdom?

5. What solution does Moritz think would relieve the Jews of the danger involved in going to the synagogue.

6. How does Judith recognize Mordecai as a Just Man?

7. What causes Ernie to feel hatred for the first time?

8. Why does Herr Geek see the Jews as a threat to Germany?

9. What drama takes place between Judith and Fraulein Blumenthal as children are born?

10. What does Benjamin imagine will happen to the Jews as they become acquainted with Germans?

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