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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 is in the narrator's first-day candy bag?
(a) A jawbreaker.
(b) Three lollipops.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Some confections.

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

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

4. What does the landlord want?
(a) That the Schneiders vacate their apartment.
(b) The next three month's rent in advance.
(c) To ask that the Schnieders move to the basement apartment.
(d) To reprimand Friedrich.

5. What does the narrator watch?
(a) The way the ice freezes on the sidewalk.
(b) The building of a snowman.
(c) The death of a sparrow in the snow.
(d) The Nazis walking by the apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does the narrator's father pay?

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

3. Where does the narrator take Friedrich?

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

5. Why are the narrator's parents uncomfortable at the amusement park?

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