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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 watch?
(a) The way the ice freezes on the sidewalk.
(b) The building of a snowman.
(c) The Nazis walking by the apartment.
(d) The death of a sparrow in the snow.

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

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

4. Who does the judge suggest the Nazis may turn against next?
(a) The Russians.
(b) Those of a different political party.
(c) Vegetarians and Catholics.
(d) The Poles.

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

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

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

8. What does the narrator ask of Mr. Schneider?
(a) To move down the street to the Jewish quarter.
(b) That he leave Germany while he still can.
(c) To stop talking to his family.
(d) To borrow some money.

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

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

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

12. What does the teacher tell the students?
(a) That war is coming and they must start thinking like soldiers.
(b) That they must all join Jungvolk.
(c) That school is no longer going to meet.
(d) A brief history of the Jews and the persecution they have endured.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In what language is the dinner ceremony conducted?

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

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