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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 Friedrich do with his candy?
(a) Gives it back to the baker as he does not like it.
(b) Shares with everyone.
(c) Hoards it in his room.
(d) Drops it out the window by accident.

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

3. What happens when the narrator's mother is ready?
(a) She calls to Friedrich's mother to come up for tea.
(b) She takes the cake out of the oven.
(c) She dresses herself and the narrator warmly.
(d) She calls her mother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator warn Friedrich not to reveal?

2. Who addresses the meeting?

3. Who does the landlord ask to witness his conversation with Mr. Schneider?

4. What does the narrator watch as sundown approaches?

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

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