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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 the narrator's family not sleep the night the rabbi and Herr Schneider are taken?
(a) Wondering if Herr Resch will turn on them.
(b) Thinking about how far Germany has fallen morally.
(c) Because of worrying about Friedrich.
(d) Worrying they may be next.

2. What does Schuster demand of the boys when he sees Friedrich?
(a) That they run around him in circles to intimidate him.
(b) Demands his boys show what Germans do to inferior Jews.
(c) That they pretend not to see him.
(d) That they spit on Friedrich.

3. What does Herr Schneider pay to have done?
(a) Have his wife's body sent to Israel.
(b) Have a bodyguard for Friedrich.
(c) His door repaired and the roses fixed.
(d) To send Friedrich to the United States.

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

5. What do the narrator's family members hear while they are in bed?
(a) A scream.
(b) Someone praying.
(c) Boot steps on the stairs.
(d) A song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schuster do?

2. Why does Herr Schneider knock on the narrator's door late at night?

3. Where do the narrator and Friedrich go?

4. What does Friedrich put on at the synagogue?

5. Where is Friedrich?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens and what is the significance of it when Friedrich and the narrator are leaving the pool?

2. What does Friedrich's appearance suggest?

3. Tell the story of Solomon.

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the Jewish death ritual.

9. How does Friedrich's family celebrate his Bar Mitzvah?

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

(see the answer keys)

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