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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Friedrich and his father having uncharacteristic arguments?
(a) Friedrich wants them to leave Germany.
(b) The father wants to leave Germany and Friedrich does not.
(c) They are just going through the normal father-son dynamics.
(d) They are harboring a wanted rabbi in their apartment.

2. What does Friedrich do?
(a) Fixes lamps.
(b) Helps his dad collect junk.
(c) Still goes to school.
(d) Works for the narrator's father.

3. How does the girl silence Friedrich on an outing?
(a) With a kiss.
(b) With a scream.
(c) By covering his mouth with her hand.
(d) By asking him to hush.

4. Where do the narrator and Friedrich go?
(a) To a skating rink.
(b) To watch the tanks go by on their way to Poland.
(c) To the movies.
(d) To the swimiming pool.

5. What does Herr Schneider start to say?
(a) "Go to..."
(b) "You bas..."
(c) "You are going to burn..."
(d) "You were right, Herr..."

6. Who does the rabbi say will help him further?
(a) A German soldier whose life the rabbi saved.
(b) No one.
(c) Other friends.
(d) His wife's family.

7. With what does Schuster order the boys to load their packs?
(a) Survival gear.
(b) Bricks.
(c) Books.
(d) Food.

8. Why does the narrator's family not sleep the night the rabbi and Herr Schneider are taken?
(a) Thinking about how far Germany has fallen morally.
(b) Because of worrying about Friedrich.
(c) Wondering if Herr Resch will turn on them.
(d) Worrying they may be next.

9. What does Dr. Levy place beside Frau Schneider's body?
(a) A lit candle.
(b) A cross.
(c) A copy of the torah.
(d) A marzuka.

10. What does Friedrich's father give him?
(a) A copy of the torah.
(b) A new bike.
(c) A radio.
(d) A wristwatch.

11. Who gives Friedrich an engraved fountain pen?
(a) The narrator's father.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Frau Peng.
(d) Neudorf.

12. What does Friedrich find when he comes back to his apartment?
(a) Rats already taking over.
(b) Herr Resch ransacking the place.
(c) Blood all over the floor.
(d) The narrator crying in the middle of the living room.

13. What does the doctor begin chanting as Frau Schneider is dying?
(a) The Lord's Prayer.
(b) The 23rd psalm.
(c) "Hear O Israel."
(d) The Book of Genesis.

14. Who do they open the shelter door to find?
(a) Two elderly rabbis.
(b) No one.
(c) A dog.
(d) Friedrich.

15. How does Friedrich meet Helga?
(a) The narrator introduces them.
(b) His father invited her to visit.
(c) She came to visit her sister's gravesite.
(d) Her bag of apples splits and he helps her gather them up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does an usherette say to him as he is escorted out?

2. What does the doctor advise Frau Schneider to do?

3. What do the boys do next?

4. What does Herr Schneider learn?

5. What does the narrator's mother think is wrong with Friedrich?

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