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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has left Mr. Schneider?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hope.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Courage.

3. Who has a serious talk?
(a) Mr. Schneider and the narrator.
(b) The narrator's father and Friedrich.
(c) The narrator's father and Mr. Schneider.
(d) The narrator's father and the narrator.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Friedrich's father ask him?

2. Of what does Friedrich's father warn Friedrich?

3. What does Mr. Schneider ask of the narrator's father?

4. How does Friedrich meet Helga?

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

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