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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 does the landlord want?
(a) The next three month's rent in advance.
(b) To ask that the Schnieders move to the basement apartment.
(c) To reprimand Friedrich.
(d) That the Schneiders vacate their apartment.

2. What does Mr. Schneider offer the shop keeper?
(a) Money to fix the window.
(b) A valuable piece of jewelry.
(c) Help with organizing her shop.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does Mrs. Schneider explain about the mezuzah?
(a) That it is a Celtic symbol of fertitlity.
(b) That it helps Jews remember God and his commandments.
(c) That it is an ancient Greek symbol.
(d) That it belongs to all humanity.

4. Why does the narrator run upstairs to Friedrich's apartment?
(a) He wants Friedrich to join him at the pool.
(b) He wants to show Friedrich what he got when with the group of people.
(c) He hears Frau Schneider cry out.
(d) He is getting in shape for soccer season.

5. What does the doctor advise Frau Schneider to do?
(a) Look forward to many more years of life.
(b) Nothing; she is beyond advice.
(c) Confess her sins to her husband.
(d) Breathe gently while the sedative works.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image strikes the narrator?

2. What does the narrator's father find after joining the Nazi party?

3. Who will no longer be allowed to attend the school?

4. What do the narrator's family members hear while they are in bed?

5. How does the narrator's family prepare for the grandfather's visit?

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