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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "School Begins (1931)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the narrator's mother is ready?
(a) She takes the cake out of the oven.
(b) She calls to Friedrich's mother to come up for tea.
(c) She dresses herself and the narrator warmly.
(d) She calls her mother.

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

3. With what does Friedrich win over the narrator?
(a) A toy tank.
(b) His winsome grin.
(c) A cuckoo whistle.
(d) A doll with real hair.

4. For whom does the narrator's grandfather work?
(a) The railroad.
(b) The mercantile guild.
(c) He is self-employed.
(d) The government.

5. Why are the narrator's parents uncomfortable at the amusement park?
(a) Because the Schneiders have no money.
(b) Because their are German soldiers all over.
(c) Because the Schneiders have to buy all the tickets and food.
(d) Because the others see them with a Jewish family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herr Resch yell at Friedrich?

2. What is obvious by the conversation about the grandfather?

3. Who lives above the narrator's family?

4. Who clears the snow?

5. What is in the narrator's first-day candy bag?

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