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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 is led out in handcuffs?
(a) The rabbi and Herr Schneider.
(b) Friedrich and the rabbi.
(c) The rabbi only.
(d) Herr Schneider and Friedrich.

2. Over what does Friedrich weep?
(a) His mother's death.
(b) The notice in the letter.
(c) His inability to go to school.
(d) Being hungry.

3. For what does Friedrich ask?
(a) For a bundle of food so he can flee Germany.
(b) For them to help him kill himself.
(c) The photograph of the two families at the park many years ago.
(d) To be able to sleep there that night.

4. For what has the narrator been reprimanded?
(a) For helping the mob smash Jewish homes.
(b) For skipping school too often.
(c) For consorting with a Jew.
(d) For refusing to see Friedrich anymore.

5. What do the boys do while circling the town?
(a) Run and chant.
(b) Stop and help people clean the sidewalks.
(c) Wear blindfolds.
(d) Cry out "Heil Hitler" continuously.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps the rabbi thread a needle?

2. What does the sergeant say about the Allies?

3. Why does the narrator run upstairs to Friedrich's apartment?

4. What does the narrator find himself doing without thinking?

5. Where do the narrator and Friedrich go?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What demonstrates the fact that the narrator's family has not completely turned its backs on the Schneiders as so many other non-Jewish Germans have?

4. How is Friedrich initiated into manhood in his synagogue?

5. Tell the story of Solomon.

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

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

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

9. What does Friedrich speak about and what does he ask of the narrator's family? What do you think is the reason for his request?

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

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