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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Benches (1940)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Friedrich misses the ball that the narrator throws?
(a) The ball breaks a store window.
(b) A dog catches the ball.
(c) The ball hits a Nazi soldier.
(d) The ball rolls down a hill into the water.

2. What does the narrator's father confess?
(a) That he has turned in the Schneiders as Jews.
(b) That he is leaving Germany.
(c) That he has joined the Nazi party.
(d) That his son is going to military school.

3. What does the store owner call Friedrich?
(a) A rotten Jungvolk.
(b) "Good-for-nothing Jewboy."
(c) A bad catcher.
(d) Nothing.

4. Why doesn't Friedrich meet with the girl as agreed upon?
(a) He worries she will turn him in.
(b) He decides he does not like her.
(c) He is afraid for her safety.
(d) He forgets where they are to meet.

5. Who is Helga?
(a) A girl with whom Friedrich falls in love.
(b) His paternal aunt.
(c) His mother's only sibling.
(d) The new cleaning lady that the narrator's mother hires.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a serious talk?

2. With what does the the shop owner threaten Friedrich?

3. What does Friedrich start doing with a girl?

4. How does Mr. Schneider answer the narrator's father?

5. How does Friedrich meet Helga?

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