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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must the housekeeper's husband be careful?
(a) His cousin is married to a Jew.
(b) He is a foreman at a Nazi weapons manufacturing plant.
(c) He is a former Communist.
(d) His job is precarious.

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

3. What image strikes the narrator?
(a) The picture of Moses on the wall.
(b) A passing look of a skull imposed over Friedrich.
(c) The brilliant white tablecloth, loaves of bread, candles, and wine glasses.
(d) The sun touching the horizon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Schneider explain about the mezuzah?

2. What do the two boys do?

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

4. What does Friedrich tie around his neck?

5. Of what does the speaker talk?

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