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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What does Mr. Schneider ask of the narrator's father?
(a) To watch after his wife and son if something happens to Mr. Schneider.
(b) To continue as before.
(c) Nothing.
(d) To try to borrow some money from Herr Resch.

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

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

6. How would you characterize the teacher's tone?
(a) Hatred of Jews.
(b) Riotious.
(c) Angry at Germans.
(d) Accepting of Jews.

7. For what does the narrator's father pay?
(a) The exit tax.
(b) Licorice and a group photograph.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The ride home.

8. Where do Friedrich and the narrator go in the department store?
(a) Friedrich's father's office.
(b) The boy's clothing to meet their mothers.
(c) The toy floor.
(d) The basement bargains.

9. About what do the children tease Mr. Rosenthal?
(a) About his yarmulka.
(b) About the color of his eyes.
(c) Nothing.
(d) About looking like a goat.

10. Who does housework for the Schneiders?
(a) The narrator's mother.
(b) Frau Resch.
(c) No one.
(d) Frau Penk.

11. What do the narrator and his mother do before going outside?
(a) Cross themselves because they are Catholic.
(b) Knock on Friedrich's door.
(c) Look out the window.
(d) Remove their jewelry so it doesn't freeze their skin.

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

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

14. What do the narrator and Friedrich think about the landlord's demand?
(a) They think he is being unreasonable.
(b) They think moving to the basement will be exciting.
(c) They think he is wise.
(d) They do not understand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Resch been for a year?

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

3. What happens when Friedrich misses the ball that the narrator throws?

4. What does Friedrich do with his candy?

5. What does the narrator ask of Mr. Schneider?

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