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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "In the Shelter (1942).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator watch as sundown approaches?
(a) His father and Herr Schneider walking up the sidewalk together.
(b) Mrs. Schneider prepare for the Sabbath meal.
(c) The orange glow in the distance, like fire.
(d) The arrival of the parents of children his mother watches.

3. What does the narrator warn Friedrich not to reveal?
(a) That the narrator has no money.
(b) That Friedrich is Jewish.
(c) That the narrator is a year too young to join the group.
(d) That Friedrich is not a Nazi.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first time Friedrich has experienced this as he watches his father?

2. What does the officer tell the narrator?

3. What sign is one man carrying outside Mr. Rosenthal's shop?

4. Over what does Friedrich weep?

5. To where do the narrator and Friedrich pedal?

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