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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. What happens as Friedrich is eating?
(a) The police pound on the door.
(b) Friedrich begins sobbing.
(c) Friedrich slumps over dead asleep.
(d) The sirens begin to wail.

2. What do the boys do next?
(a) Chase some girls in fun.
(b) Play soccer.
(c) Read the newspaper at the library.
(d) Swim and sun.

3. What does the rabbi say he understands?
(a) The reasons the Germans hate the Jews.
(b) The fact that his life may end soon.
(c) The way of the peaceful warrior.
(d) The danger to the narrator's family.

4. What does the sergeant say about the Allies?
(a) That they are insane to be attacking Germany like this.
(b) That they are getting badly beaten.
(c) That they will easily replace any planes shot down.
(d) That they are about to surrender.

5. What does the narrator's family do when told to go inside their apartment?
(a) Stand where they are.
(b) Go inside.
(c) Spit on Herr Resch.
(d) Try to attack the policeman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Friedrich tries to run out of the theater, who stops him?

2. Who does Mr. Schneider meet on the landing?

3. Of what does Friedrich's father warn Friedrich?

4. Who demands the case be dismissed?

5. What does the narrator do with his candy?

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