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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. When Friedrich tries to run out of the theater, who stops him?
(a) No one.
(b) The narrator.
(c) An old usherette.
(d) A policeman.

2. What does Friedrich give at the Sabbath feast?
(a) A toast to the narrator.
(b) A grown-up speech.
(c) A silver coin to each person present.
(d) A warm welcome.

3. How does the narrator's family know it is Friedrich at the door?
(a) He gives them the special knock signal.
(b) He calls to them softly.
(c) He slips a paper under the door with his name on it.
(d) They do not know.

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

5. What are the Germans required to do?
(a) Give no business to those who attacked the Jews.
(b) Drill for the reserve army.
(c) Watch a movie titled Sweet Jew.
(d) Register for the draft.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator bring Herr Schneider?

2. Of what does Resch boast?

3. With whom does Friedrich nearly collide?

4. What does the narrator take up to the Schneiders?

5. Where is Friedrich?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Friedrich tries to get into the shelter?

2. How are these chants a perversion of Jewish historical events?

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

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

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

6. What does this second eviction notice suggest?

7. Who visits the Schneiders and what happens?

8. What happens when the narrator returns home and how does his response present a different side of the narrator?

9. What does Friedrich's appearance suggest?

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

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