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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the grandfather admonish his son?
(a) By saying he should have gotten a job with the railroad.
(b) By saying his home is dirty.
(c) By telling his son how to invest his money.
(d) By saying that the grandfather's wife would never live in such a dump.

3. Why must the housekeeper's husband be careful?
(a) His job is precarious.
(b) His cousin is married to a Jew.
(c) He is a former Communist.
(d) He is a foreman at a Nazi weapons manufacturing plant.

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

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

6. What does the store owner call Friedrich?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A bad catcher.
(c) A rotten Jungvolk.
(d) "Good-for-nothing Jewboy."

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

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

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

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

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

12. For what do many Christians still not forgive the Jews (in that time period)?
(a) For crucifying Jesus.
(b) For being successful.
(c) For wearing strange caps.
(d) Because they are usually wealthy.

13. Who addresses the meeting?
(a) The narrator's father.
(b) A dwarf dressed in a brown uniform.
(c) Herr Himler.
(d) Hitler.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Nazi demand that Friedrich and the narrator leave?

2. What does the narrator's mother do while his father is looking for a job?

3. What does Friedrich tie around his neck?

4. What does Friedrich have for his outfit?

5. Whose office sign has a the word "Jew" scrawled across it?

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