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

2. For what does the narrator's father pay?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Licorice and a group photograph.
(c) The ride home.
(d) The exit tax.

3. Who is blocking Herr Rosenthal's shop?
(a) No one.
(b) A man with a swastika armband.
(c) Two policemen.
(d) A carriage whose one horse is lame.

4. Who has a serious talk?
(a) The narrator's father and Friedrich.
(b) The narrator's father and Mr. Schneider.
(c) The narrator's father and the narrator.
(d) Mr. Schneider and the narrator.

5. Why are the narrator's parents uncomfortable at the amusement park?
(a) Because their are German soldiers all over.
(b) Because the Schneiders have to buy all the tickets and food.
(c) Because the others see them with a Jewish family.
(d) Because the Schneiders have no money.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Friedrich greet a man outside the Meyer department store?

2. What does the narrator's mother do while his father is looking for a job?

3. Who does housework for the Schneiders?

4. What does Friedrich have for his outfit?

5. What is Friedrich explaining to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of celebration is there on the first day of school?

2. Who is Dr. Jakob Askenase and what is significant about the boys' visit there in this chapter?

3. What does the narrator say when Herr Schneider asks him about the Jungvolk and how does Herr Schneider respond to the narrator's reply?

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

5. 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?

6. What indications are there that Friedrich and his mother enjoy a good relationship?

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

8. How does the teacher demonstrate his sympathy for the Jews and for Friedrich in particular?

9. What are the indications that the narrator's family is not as well to do as Friedich's family?

10. Describe the grandfather's visit to the narrator's household.

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