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

2. What does Friedrich do with his candy?
(a) Drops it out the window by accident.
(b) Hoards it in his room.
(c) Shares with everyone.
(d) Gives it back to the baker as he does not like it.

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

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

5. What is Germany full of at the moment?
(a) Spiritual awakenings.
(b) Unlimited opportunities.
(c) Working towards peace.
(d) Unemployment and hardship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the grandfather admonish his son?

2. What does Herr Resch yell at Friedrich?

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

4. For what does the narrator's father pay?

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

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