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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) The narrator's sister.
(b) Friedrich.
(c) No one.
(d) The two children in the basement apartment.

2. With what does Friedrich win over the narrator?
(a) His winsome grin.
(b) A cuckoo whistle.
(c) A doll with real hair.
(d) A toy tank.

3. For whom does the narrator's grandfather work?
(a) The government.
(b) He is self-employed.
(c) The mercantile guild.
(d) The railroad.

4. What does Mr. Schneider offer the shop keeper?
(a) A valuable piece of jewelry.
(b) Money to fix the window.
(c) Help with organizing her shop.
(d) Nothing.

5. What causes Mr. Schneider to become sick at heart?
(a) Hearing that Friedrich wants to join the Jungvolk.
(b) Finding out the the narrator's father is moving the family to Dresden.
(c) Learning that the narrator's mother is very ill and may die.
(d) Hearing that the narrator's father has joined the Nazi party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the store owner call Friedrich?

2. What does the narrator warn Friedrich not to reveal?

3. What does Friedrich's father ask him?

4. What is the problem with Mr. Schneider?

5. How does the narrator explain the bumping noise above?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe how the window is broken. Do you think the narrator shows courage in taking responsibility for breaking the window or is lying never acceptable?

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

5. How does Friedrich's relationship with his mother contrast to that of the narrator's relationship with his mother?

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

7. Summarize what the teacher says about Jewish history.

8. What does this scene about the broken window portend?

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

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

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