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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Herr Resch yell at Friedrich?
(a) To wait for the narrator.
(b) To get back inside as it is too cold.
(c) To build the snowman off the sidewalk.
(d) To get off his rose bushes.

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

4. For whom does the narrator's grandfather work?
(a) The government.
(b) The railroad.
(c) The mercantile guild.
(d) He is self-employed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do with his candy?

2. With what does Friedrich win over the narrator?

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

4. When is the narrator born?

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

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