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

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

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

4. What do parents traditionally do on the first day of school?
(a) Have a celebration.
(b) Dress their children in lederhosen.
(c) Have a barbeque.
(d) Go to the movies.

5. What does the narrator watch as sundown approaches?
(a) The orange glow in the distance, like fire.
(b) Mrs. Schneider prepare for the Sabbath meal.
(c) His father and Herr Schneider walking up the sidewalk together.
(d) The arrival of the parents of children his mother watches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the landlord want?

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

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

5. What does Friedrich tie around his neck?

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