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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Death (1938)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the grandfather admonish his son?
(a) By saying he should have gotten a job with the railroad.
(b) By saying that the grandfather's wife would never live in such a dump.
(c) By saying his home is dirty.
(d) By telling his son how to invest his money.

2. Who watches the narrator while his mother is working?
(a) His aunt.
(b) Mrs. Schneider.
(c) No one.
(d) The kindergarten school.

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

4. What does Friedrich's father ask him?
(a) If he is sorry for the window.
(b) If the narrator was the one who broke the window.
(c) If Friedrich will work off the debt for the window.
(d) If he broke the window intentionally.

5. When is the narrator born?
(a) A year after Friedrich.
(b) One week before Friedrich.
(c) One week before Friedrich.
(d) On the same day as Friedrich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Germany full of at the moment?

2. Why are the narrator's parents uncomfortable at the amusement park?

3. For what do many Christians still not forgive the Jews (in that time period)?

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

5. What happens when Mrs. Schneider goes to talk with the housekeeper?

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