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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's mother do while his father is looking for a job?
(a) Keeps the house clean.
(b) Washes other people's laundry.
(c) Babysits six neighborhood children.
(d) Is a secretary for the Nazi party.

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

3. When questioned as to his motives, what does the landlord reply?
(a) That it is none of Herr Schneider's business.
(b) Because the Schneiders are Jewish.
(c) Because the law has changed.
(d) Because the Schneiders are behind in the rent.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What image strikes the narrator?

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

4. Who addresses the meeting?

5. What do parents traditionally do on the first day of school?

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