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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Festival (1938)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Friedrich on this day in the synagogue?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

2. What is the first time Friedrich has experienced this as he watches his father?
(a) A grown man cry.
(b) A fear in the pit of his stomach.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Anger at Hitler.

3. Why can't the housekeeper work for Mrs. Schneider?
(a) Her kids need her at home.
(b) Her husband forbids it.
(c) Her back is out of whack.
(d) Because German law prohibits Germans under the age of 35 from working for Jews.

4. What does the narrator warn Friedrich not to reveal?
(a) That Friedrich is Jewish.
(b) That the narrator has no money.
(c) That the narrator is a year too young to join the group.
(d) That Friedrich is not a Nazi.

5. Who does housework for the Schneiders?
(a) Frau Penk.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) Frau Resch.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the housekeeper work?

2. Who is the downcast drunk that shuffles by?

3. What happens when Mrs. Schneider goes to talk with the housekeeper?

4. What does Friedrich's father give him?

5. Of what does the speaker talk?

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