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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "School Begins (1931)".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the narrator explain the bumping noise above?
(a) Saying they are rats in the walls.
(b) By pretending he does not hear the noise.
(c) By running upstairs to tell them to be quiet.
(d) By saying it is Friedrich.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rings the doorbell looking for the narrator?

2. With what does Friedrich win over the narrator?

3. What does the narrator watch as sundown approaches?

4. What does Herr Resch yell at Friedrich?

5. What does the narrator do with his candy?

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