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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Herr Kremer and Fraulein Ilse, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Jews refuse to work in Polish factories when the country industrialized?
(a) They preferred honorable starvation to work.
(b) They thought the factories were devilish.
(c) They were too frail.
(d) They could not observe the Sabbath.

2. Why does Benjamin decide not to tell his wife that he is a Just Man?
(a) He is afraid that she would leave him.
(b) He no longer believes in that legend.
(c) He is sure she wouldn't marry him.
(d) He knows it would cause her needless worry.

3. What is each generation's joking response to "Let us speak of something gay"?
(a) How is the Inquisition going?
(b) What's new about the war?
(c) What's new with the Jews?
(d) What do you hear about the plague?

4. What does Ernie decide to do in response to his public disgrace?
(a) Stay in his room.
(b) Run away.
(c) Apologize.
(d) Hide.

5. What did Yankel, the young Galician, do when he saw the parade of fascists?
(a) He fainted from fear.
(b) He threw stones at them.
(c) He ran away from them and hid.
(d) He ran to join them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chaim Levy attract the children of the village where he lives?

2. Who delivers Ernie to his family?

3. Why does Mordecai Levy advise the village girl he meets to be kind to him?

4. How does little Ernie save Frau Tuszynski from being tormented by the Nazis?

5. What does the ancient text say is the role of Israel in the world?

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