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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Jews flee to Poland and Russia?
(a) To avoid death at the hands of the crusaders.
(b) Because there was lots of opportunity there.
(c) Because they had a freedom of religion act.
(d) Because they didn't know where else to go.

2. How does Mr. Schneider look when he waves goodbye to the boys?
(a) Angry.
(b) Jolly.
(c) He is no longer smiling.
(d) Optimistic.

3. Who weeps in joy at the verdict?
(a) Friedrich.
(b) Mr. Schneider.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) Herr Resch.

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

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

6. Who rings the doorbell looking for the narrator?
(a) The baker from down the street.
(b) The narrator's teacher.
(c) Friedrich.
(d) Mrs. Schneidrer.

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

8. Who is blocking Herr Rosenthal's shop?
(a) A man with a swastika armband.
(b) Two policemen.
(c) No one.
(d) A carriage whose one horse is lame.

9. What happens when Mrs. Schneider goes to talk with the housekeeper?
(a) The housekeeper have moved.
(b) The housekeeper says she can no longer work for Mrs. Schneider.
(c) The housekeeper has been arrested.
(d) The housekeeper wants a raise.

10. Who does Mr. Schneider meet on the landing?
(a) Herr Resch.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Mrs. Schneider.
(d) Friedrich.

11. Why can't the housekeeper work for Mrs. Schneider?
(a) Because German law prohibits Germans under the age of 35 from working for Jews.
(b) Her back is out of whack.
(c) Her kids need her at home.
(d) Her husband forbids it.

12. Who lives above the narrator's family?
(a) The landlord.
(b) Two elderly sisters.
(c) The reclusive Schneiders.
(d) A elderly bachelor.

13. Who does the landlord ask to witness his conversation with Mr. Schneider?
(a) No one.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) The baker.

14. What is the first time Friedrich has experienced this as he watches his father?
(a) Anger at Hitler.
(b) A grown man cry.
(c) A fear in the pit of his stomach.
(d) Empathy.

15. Why does the housekeeper work?
(a) She is bored at home and likes buying things.
(b) She enjoys housework.
(c) She is a widow.
(d) She has eight children to support.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the judge tell the Reschs' attorney?

3. What does the narrator watch?

4. What does the narrator's father confess?

5. What does Herr Resch yell at Friedrich?

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