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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Worrying they may be next.
(c) Because of worrying about Friedrich.
(d) Wondering if Herr Resch will turn on them.

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

3. What does Friedrich start doing with a girl?
(a) Studying together since neither are allowed in school.
(b) Walking throught the park on little-used paths.
(c) Taking her to the movies.
(d) Learning how to speak Yiddish.

4. What does Schuster do?
(a) He assaults the narrator's father.
(b) He raises the rent.
(c) He pushes the boys unmercifully as their physical education teacher.
(d) He flees Germany for France.

5. The narrator picks what up and uses it?
(a) A bullhorn.
(b) A canister of tear gas.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A pistol.

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

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

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

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

10. What is the rabbi sewing on his clothes?
(a) Yellow stars of David.
(b) Patches.
(c) The swastika.
(d) Hidden pockets.

11. 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 harboring a wanted rabbi in their apartment.
(d) They are just going through the normal father-son dynamics.

12. What does the attendant do?
(a) Slaps Friedrich for swimming in the pool.
(b) Tears up Friedrich's id.
(c) Refuses to allow Friedrich to change in the locker room.
(d) Calls the police.

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

14. For what has the narrator been reprimanded?
(a) For skipping school too often.
(b) For consorting with a Jew.
(c) For helping the mob smash Jewish homes.
(d) For refusing to see Friedrich anymore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator run upstairs to Friedrich's apartment?

2. How does the girl silence Friedrich on an outing?

3. What does Schloime ask of God?

4. What does Herr Schneider start to say?

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

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