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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Conversation on the Stairs (1933)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator and his mother do before going outside?
(a) Look out the window.
(b) Knock on Friedrich's door.
(c) Remove their jewelry so it doesn't freeze their skin.
(d) Cross themselves because they are Catholic.

2. What image strikes the narrator?
(a) The brilliant white tablecloth, loaves of bread, candles, and wine glasses.
(b) The sun touching the horizon.
(c) A passing look of a skull imposed over Friedrich.
(d) The picture of Moses on the wall.

3. What do parents traditionally do on the first day of school?
(a) Have a barbeque.
(b) Go to the movies.
(c) Dress their children in lederhosen.
(d) Have a celebration.

4. What does Friedrich tie around his neck?
(a) A yellow scarf.
(b) A black bandana.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A noose.

5. What does Herr Resch yell at Friedrich?
(a) To build the snowman off the sidewalk.
(b) To get back inside as it is too cold.
(c) To get off his rose bushes.
(d) To wait for the narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the landlord want?

2. Who addresses the meeting?

3. Why are the narrator's parents uncomfortable at the amusement park?

4. What does the narrator watch?

5. Who watches the narrator while his mother is working?

(see the answer key)

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