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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uri do after the shop blows up in front of the train?
(a) Uri takes over the driver's seat.
(b) Uri pushes the narrator off the train.
(c) Uri stays where he is sitting.
(d) Uri jumps off the train.

2. What happens to one boy who jumps from his loft when the stable is invaded?
(a) He attacked the invaders.
(b) He broke his neck.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He broke his leg.

3. What happens when the train is supposed to come to a loop?
(a) Someone jumps in front of the tracks.
(b) The train car comes to a halt.
(c) Uri jumps off the train.
(d) The train car leaps off the tracks.

4. Where does Misha begin leaving a loaf of bread every day?
(a) The merry-go-round.
(b) Janina's step.
(c) At the orphanage.
(d) In the trash.

5. What happens to the first jar of fish that Misha finds while in the ghetto?
(a) He loses it.
(b) He drops it.
(c) He eats the whole thing.
(d) It gets stolen.

6. What does Misha offer to trade a baker for bread?
(a) Uri.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His necklace.
(d) His pants.

7. What sounds does Misha think he hears in the middle of the night?
(a) The music of the merry-go-round.
(b) The sounds of gunshots.
(c) The sounds of bombs.
(d) The music of his past.

8. What does Misha do when he rides the horses?
(a) He only rides one horse.
(b) He rides every single horse.
(c) He rides for hours on end.
(d) He never rides the horses.

9. Who watches the narrator eat his tomato?
(a) An old man.
(b) A little boy.
(c) A Jackboot.
(d) A little girl.

10. What do angels do according to the boys?
(a) Live in Heaven.
(b) Make people's lives worse.
(c) Live in Hell.
(d) Help people in need.

11. What does Misha call the coal?
(a) Black sponge.
(b) Black rocks.
(c) Black pearls.
(d) Black chalk.

12. Who is on the track running at the same speed as the train?
(a) Enos.
(b) Kuba.
(c) Jon.
(d) Uri.

13. Who does Misha tell the boys Janina is?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His friend.
(d) His sister.

14. What does Misha offer to the man who shows up in the stable?
(a) A candy.
(b) A sausage.
(c) His necklace.
(d) His shoes.

15. What does Uri tell Misha he will get him in the morning during his first night in the barbershop?
(a) A cat.
(b) A mattress.
(c) A snack.
(d) A coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of food does the narrator find in a garden?

2. What does Misha realize about himself after the Jackboots point it out?

3. What name does Uri give the narrator?

4. What does Uri do with the excess bread when Misha steals five loaves?

5. What does the Jewish armband look like?

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