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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) Look out the window.
(b) Remove their jewelry so it doesn't freeze their skin.
(c) Cross themselves because they are Catholic.
(d) Knock on Friedrich's door.

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

3. Where is the narrator's apartment?
(a) In London.
(b) In a small village.
(c) In Bonn.
(d) In the Resch home.

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

5. What image strikes the narrator?
(a) The sun touching the horizon.
(b) The brilliant white tablecloth, loaves of bread, candles, and wine glasses.
(c) The picture of Moses on the wall.
(d) A passing look of a skull imposed over Friedrich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is obvious by the conversation about the grandfather?

2. What does Friedrich do with his candy?

3. What does the narrator's mother mention when she bathes both of the boys?

4. For whom does the narrator's grandfather work?

5. Who lives above the narrator's family?

(see the answer key)

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