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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schuster demand of the boys when he sees Friedrich?
(a) That they pretend not to see him.
(b) That they run around him in circles to intimidate him.
(c) Demands his boys show what Germans do to inferior Jews.
(d) That they spit on Friedrich.

2. Of what does Friedrich's father warn Friedrich?
(a) The need to be more circumspect.
(b) The need to leave Germany.
(c) Being good to his aunt.
(d) Getting interested in a girl.

3. What does Friedrich put on at the synagogue?
(a) His yarmulke (skullcap) and tallis (prayer shawl).
(b) A woven belt.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A choir robe.

4. What does an usherette say to him as he is escorted out?
(a) Why do you want to see such a movie?
(b) Do you want to be arrested?
(c) Who is your father?
(d) Do you want to go to a concentration camp?

5. What does the sergeant say about the Allies?
(a) That they will easily replace any planes shot down.
(b) That they are about to surrender.
(c) That they are insane to be attacking Germany like this.
(d) That they are getting badly beaten.

6. Where is Friedrich?
(a) He left for the United States.
(b) No one knows.
(c) At Helga's home.
(d) Hiding in the attic.

7. Who is Herr Schuster?
(a) Friedrich's uncle.
(b) The new landlord.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A commander of the Nazi storm troops.

8. Who are Schloime and Gitte?
(a) Noah's parents.
(b) Elijah's parents.
(c) David's parents.
(d) Solomon's parents.

9. About what do the boys chant?
(a) About Hitler's love for his people.
(b) Nothing; they are absolutely silent while they circle Friedrich.
(c) About the Olympics.
(d) About the Jews perishing in the Red Sea, bringing peace to the world.

10. How does the narrator's family know it is Friedrich at the door?
(a) He slips a paper under the door with his name on it.
(b) They do not know.
(c) He calls to them softly.
(d) He gives them the special knock signal.

11. What do the boys do next?
(a) Swim and sun.
(b) Chase some girls in fun.
(c) Read the newspaper at the library.
(d) Play soccer.

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

13. What indications are there that the air raid siren is not a false alarm?
(a) Anti-aircraft guns thunder; searchlights sway across the sky, planes hum, and shrapnel falls.
(b) The apartment building is shaking.
(c) A piece of tree limb flies into the window.
(d) A policeman with a bullhorn is yelling to the residents.

14. For what is Friedrich singled out for the first time in his life?
(a) To read publicly from the Torah.
(b) To carry the ark.
(c) To usher.
(d) To sing the psalm of the day.

15. What is the town like after the air raid?
(a) Only Resch's apartment building is left.
(b) About ten buildings are completely demolished.
(c) In pretty good shape.
(d) In ruins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Herr Schneider earn money?

2. What does the rabbi say he understands?

3. What does the narrator tell his mother about his activities?

4. What does Herr Schneider start to say?

5. Who helps the rabbi thread a needle?

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