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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 narrator's mother try to do for Frau Schneider?
(a) Pray with her.
(b) Tell her she will care for Friedrich.
(c) Bring her to their apartment.
(d) Give her CPR.

2. Where does the narrator take Friedrich?
(a) To club night at the Jungvolk.
(b) To the movies.
(c) To his soccer game.
(d) To the amusement park.

3. What is the problem with Mr. Schneider?
(a) He lost his job because he is Jewish.
(b) He finds out he has an incurable disease.
(c) He hurt a man badly on the job today.
(d) He did not get a big promotion because the company is doing poorly.

4. With what does Friedrich win over the narrator?
(a) A toy tank.
(b) His winsome grin.
(c) A cuckoo whistle.
(d) A doll with real hair.

5. Who gets to go outside and play?
(a) Friedrich.
(b) No one.
(c) The narrator's sister.
(d) The two children in the basement apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's family do when told to go inside their apartment?

2. Who watches the narrator while his mother is working?

3. What does Mr. Schneider ask of the narrator's father?

4. What is the group of people doing that the narrator joins?

5. Why does the narrator's family not sleep the night the rabbi and Herr Schneider are taken?

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