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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. Why does Friedrich leave his apartment?
(a) To look for his father.
(b) To find some food.
(c) For fear that Resch will call the police.
(d) To pawn some goods from the apartment.

2. Why do they decide not to let Friedrich stay?
(a) Because Resch threatens to report them all.
(b) Because Friedrich has no identification.
(c) Because no one is allowed in after the raid starts.
(d) Because Friedrich is a Jew.

3. What does the rabbi insist upon doing?
(a) Leaving the Schneider home.
(b) Saying the Sabbath prayers.
(c) Taking off the Star of David on his jacket.
(d) Meeting the narrator and thanking him.

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

5. How is the narrator's home?
(a) It is not revealed.
(b) Still standing but the windows are shattered.
(c) Gone.
(d) Completely unharmed.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does the narrator worry?

2. Who helps the rabbi thread a needle?

3. Why are Friedrich and his father having uncharacteristic arguments?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does this second eviction notice suggest?

2. Why do you think Friedrich would want to go see a movie that espouses hatred toward Jews?

3. Despite all that Friedrich has been through, what demonstrates his goodness?

4. What is rather ironic in this chapter and why?

5. What do you think Schneider was doing by saying, "You were right, Herr..."?

6. What about this chapter shows a different side of Friedrich's life?

7. What is foreshadowed in the first part of this chapter?

8. How does the ending of the chapter then bring the readers right back into the horror of "real" life?

9. What is the narrator's ethical dilemma concerning this situation?

10. Do you think Resch is more motivated by patriotism or greed when he turns in the Schneiders?

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