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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of what does the speaker talk?
(a) The coming glory of war.
(b) The glory of WWI.
(c) The plight of the unemployed.
(d) The terrible things the Jews have done.

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

4. What does the narrator's father find after joining the Nazi party?
(a) He is confused by the ideology.
(b) He is depressed by the hatred.
(c) He has been deceived.
(d) A job.

5. What does the narrator's mother mention when she bathes both of the boys?
(a) That Friedrich is much darker than the narrator.
(b) That the water shows how badly they needed a bath.
(c) Friedrich's circumcision.
(d) That the narrator is much more musclular than Friedrich.

6. What is Friedrich explaining to the narrator?
(a) Geography.
(b) Kantian Philosophy.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Math problems.

7. What happens when the narrator's mother is ready?
(a) She takes the cake out of the oven.
(b) She calls to Friedrich's mother to come up for tea.
(c) She calls her mother.
(d) She dresses herself and the narrator warmly.

8. What does the officer tell the narrator?
(a) To stick up for Friedrich.
(b) He is too young to understand how sneaky and dishonest the Jews are.
(c) To pay the shop owner.
(d) To go home and be quiet.

9. How does the narrator's family prepare for the grandfather's visit?
(a) Sending the narrator to stay with the Schneiders.
(b) Cleaning and buying special coffee.
(c) No preparations are necessary.
(d) Going to the governement to request larger quarters.

10. What image strikes the narrator?
(a) The picture of Moses on the wall.
(b) The brilliant white tablecloth, loaves of bread, candles, and wine glasses.
(c) The sun touching the horizon.
(d) A passing look of a skull imposed over Friedrich.

11. Why does the Nazi demand that Friedrich and the narrator leave?
(a) Because they go into the shop.
(b) Because they are Jews.
(c) Because they are so young.
(d) Because they greet Mr. Rosenthal.

12. What does Friedrich have for his outfit?
(a) A toy rifle.
(b) A yellow star of David.
(c) A old WWI helmet.
(d) A grand ring.

13. Where is the narrator's apartment?
(a) In Bonn.
(b) In London.
(c) In a small village.
(d) In the Resch home.

14. What does the judge tell the Reschs' attorney?
(a) There are no grounds for the Schneider's eviction.
(b) That Resch is a bigot.
(c) That the Schneiders should vacate the premises within sixty days.
(d) That the Schneiders should vacate the premises immediately.

15. What sign is one man carrying outside Mr. Rosenthal's shop?
(a) "Go home Brits."
(b) "Jews welcome here."
(c) "Take precautions for the flu."
(d) "Don't buy from Jews."

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does the narrator's grandfather work?

2. For what do many Christians still not forgive the Jews (in that time period)?

3. What does Friedrich's father ask him?

4. Where does Mrs. Schneider go to sob loudly?

5. What does Mr. Schneider tell the sales girl the boys can have?

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