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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Conversation on the Stairs (1933)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the narrator's parents uncomfortable at the amusement park?
(a) Because the others see them with a Jewish family.
(b) Because the Schneiders have no money.
(c) Because the Schneiders have to buy all the tickets and food.
(d) Because their are German soldiers all over.

2. What does Mrs. Schneider explain about the mezuzah?
(a) That it is a Celtic symbol of fertitlity.
(b) That it belongs to all humanity.
(c) That it helps Jews remember God and his commandments.
(d) That it is an ancient Greek symbol.

3. What does the narrator do with his candy?
(a) Eats it.
(b) Shares with everyone.
(c) Starts to share, but his mother motions him to wait.
(d) Throws in down the trash chute because he's angry.

4. Who gets to go outside and play?
(a) Friedrich.
(b) The two children in the basement apartment.
(c) The narrator's sister.
(d) No one.

5. Who does Mr. Schneider meet on the landing?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Friedrich.
(c) Mrs. Schneider.
(d) Herr Resch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator watch?

2. Who watches the narrator while his mother is working?

3. What does Herr Resch yell at Friedrich?

4. Who clears the snow?

5. What do the narrator and his mother do before going outside?

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