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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator take Friedrich?
(a) To his soccer game.
(b) To the movies.
(c) To club night at the Jungvolk.
(d) To the amusement park.

2. Who watches the narrator while his mother is working?
(a) Mrs. Schneider.
(b) His aunt.
(c) The kindergarten school.
(d) No one.

3. In what language is the dinner ceremony conducted?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) Hebrew.
(d) Yiddish.

4. What is Friedrich explaining to the narrator?
(a) Marxism.
(b) Kantian Philosophy.
(c) Geography.
(d) Math problems.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator's father find after joining the Nazi party?

3. What do the two boys do?

4. Why can't the housekeeper work for Mrs. Schneider?

5. How old is Friedrich on this day in the synagogue?

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