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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator watch as sundown approaches?
(a) His father and Herr Schneider walking up the sidewalk together.
(b) The orange glow in the distance, like fire.
(c) The arrival of the parents of children his mother watches.
(d) Mrs. Schneider prepare for the Sabbath meal.

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

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

4. What happens when Mrs. Schneider goes to talk with the housekeeper?
(a) The housekeeper have moved.
(b) The housekeeper has been arrested.
(c) The housekeeper wants a raise.
(d) The housekeeper says she can no longer work for Mrs. Schneider.

5. Who addresses the meeting?
(a) Herr Himler.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) Hitler.
(d) A dwarf dressed in a brown uniform.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Friedrich an engraved fountain pen?

2. What does the narrator's mother do while his father is looking for a job?

3. In what language is the dinner ceremony conducted?

4. What do the two boys do?

5. Why does the housekeeper work?

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