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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 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.

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

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

4. Who addresses the meeting?
(a) Herr Himler.
(b) Hitler.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) A dwarf dressed in a brown uniform.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator watch?

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

3. What does Friedrich do with his candy?

4. When questioned as to his motives, what does the landlord reply?

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

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