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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what does the narrator's father pay?
(a) The exit tax.
(b) The ride home.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Licorice and a group photograph.

3. What does the narrator's mother mention when she bathes both of the boys?
(a) Friedrich's circumcision.
(b) That the water shows how badly they needed a bath.
(c) That Friedrich is much darker than the narrator.
(d) That the narrator is much more musclular than Friedrich.

4. What do the narrator and his mother do before going outside?
(a) Look out the window.
(b) Knock on Friedrich's door.
(c) Cross themselves because they are Catholic.
(d) Remove their jewelry so it doesn't freeze their skin.

5. What is obvious by the conversation about the grandfather?
(a) He thinks Jews make good bosses.
(b) He has many good Jewish friends.
(c) He is prejudiced against Jewish people.
(d) He is a fan of the Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who clears the snow?

2. How does the narrator explain the bumping noise above?

3. How does the grandfather admonish his son?

4. Who lives above the narrator's family?

5. What does Friedrich do with his candy?

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