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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Friedrich win over the narrator?
(a) A cuckoo whistle.
(b) A doll with real hair.
(c) A toy tank.
(d) His winsome grin.

2. What does the narrator do with his candy?
(a) Starts to share, but his mother motions him to wait.
(b) Throws in down the trash chute because he's angry.
(c) Shares with everyone.
(d) Eats it.

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 calls her mother.
(d) She dresses herself and the narrator warmly.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator's family prepare for the grandfather's visit?

2. What image strikes the narrator?

3. What does Friedrich do with his candy?

4. Who watches the narrator while his mother is working?

5. How does the grandfather admonish his son?

(see the answer key)

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