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

2. 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) His father and Herr Schneider walking up the sidewalk together.
(d) Mrs. Schneider prepare for the Sabbath meal.

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

4. Who clears the snow?
(a) Herr Resch.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Friedrich.
(d) Frau Resch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herr Resch yell at Friedrich?

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

3. What is in the narrator's first-day candy bag?

4. What do the narrator and Friedrich think about the landlord's demand?

5. In what language is the dinner ceremony conducted?

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