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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What indications are there that the air raid siren is not a false alarm?
(a) The apartment building is shaking.
(b) A policeman with a bullhorn is yelling to the residents.
(c) Anti-aircraft guns thunder; searchlights sway across the sky, planes hum, and shrapnel falls.
(d) A piece of tree limb flies into the window.

2. The narrator picks what up and uses it?
(a) A bullhorn.
(b) A canister of tear gas.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A pistol.

3. Why does the narrator's family not sleep the night the rabbi and Herr Schneider are taken?
(a) Thinking about how far Germany has fallen morally.
(b) Because of worrying about Friedrich.
(c) Worrying they may be next.
(d) Wondering if Herr Resch will turn on them.

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

5. What does Friedrich put on at the synagogue?
(a) A choir robe.
(b) A woven belt.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His yarmulke (skullcap) and tallis (prayer shawl).

6. What does Friedrich's father give him?
(a) A wristwatch.
(b) A copy of the torah.
(c) A new bike.
(d) A radio.

7. What does the doctor advise Frau Schneider to do?
(a) Confess her sins to her husband.
(b) Breathe gently while the sedative works.
(c) Nothing; she is beyond advice.
(d) Look forward to many more years of life.

8. What does the narrator tell his mother about his activities?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That he was listening to Hitler who was mesmerizing.
(c) That he was with schoolboys at the pool.
(d) That he was staying after school to help the teacher.

9. How does Herr Schneider earn money?
(a) As a janitor.
(b) Scribing for others.
(c) Polishing lamps.
(d) Collecting junk and selling it.

10. Who do they hear climbing the stairs to the upstairs apartment?
(a) Herr Schneider.
(b) Friedrich.
(c) Herr Resch.
(d) No one.

11. For what does Friedrich ask?
(a) For a bundle of food so he can flee Germany.
(b) To be able to sleep there that night.
(c) The photograph of the two families at the park many years ago.
(d) For them to help him kill himself.

12. For what is Friedrich singled out for the first time in his life?
(a) To usher.
(b) To carry the ark.
(c) To read publicly from the Torah.
(d) To sing the psalm of the day.

13. Why does the narrator run upstairs to Friedrich's apartment?
(a) He hears Frau Schneider cry out.
(b) He is getting in shape for soccer season.
(c) He wants Friedrich to join him at the pool.
(d) He wants to show Friedrich what he got when with the group of people.

14. What is the group of people doing that the narrator joins?
(a) Protesting the lack of jobs.
(b) Protesting the treatement of the Jews.
(c) Listening to Adolf Hitler.
(d) Smashing and looting Jewish shops.

15. What do the boys do next?
(a) Play soccer.
(b) Chase some girls in fun.
(c) Swim and sun.
(d) Read the newspaper at the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Herr Schneider knock on the narrator's door late at night?

2. Who is led out in handcuffs?

3. What has a boy lost?

4. For what has the narrator been reprimanded?

5. How does the narrator's family know it is Friedrich at the door?

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