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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Herr Resch yell at Friedrich?
(a) To build the snowman off the sidewalk.
(b) To wait for the narrator.
(c) To get off his rose bushes.
(d) To get back inside as it is too cold.

2. Where does the narrator take Friedrich?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To his soccer game.
(c) To club night at the Jungvolk.
(d) To the amusement park.

3. What is the problem with Mr. Schneider?
(a) He lost his job because he is Jewish.
(b) He hurt a man badly on the job today.
(c) He did not get a big promotion because the company is doing poorly.
(d) He finds out he has an incurable disease.

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

5. Of what does the speaker talk?
(a) The glory of WWI.
(b) The plight of the unemployed.
(c) The terrible things the Jews have done.
(d) The coming glory of war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first time Friedrich has experienced this as he watches his father?

2. What does Friedrich have for his outfit?

3. How does Mr. Schneider look when he waves goodbye to the boys?

4. What is Germany full of at the moment?

5. What does the officer tell the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation between Herr Schneider and the narrator's father about the Nazi party. Do you think the narrator's father is justified in joining the party?

2. What is the landlord's reason for telling the Schneiders they have to vacate and does the reason seem fair?

3. What may be foreshadowing a future of terror and death for Jews?

4. What first appears in this chapter and what is the context?

5. What does this situation with Frau Penk demonstrate?

6. Describe the first encounter the narrator remembers between him and Friedrich.

7. What is ominous about the image of Herr Schneider coming down the street and the news he brings?

8. What does Friedrich do after the verdict and what is the judge's response? Why do you think Friedrich responds the way he does?

9. How does the narrator describe the Jewish Sabbath dinner at Friedrich's home? What does this indicate to the reader?

10. What does the narrator's father do that is equally as courageous as what his son does in the last chapter?

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