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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the narrator runs into another boy stealing food on the street?
(a) They laugh with each other.
(b) They recognize each other.
(c) They fight each other.
(d) They fight and then laugh with each other.

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

3. What does the narrator tell Jackboots about himself?
(a) That he is American.
(b) That he is a Jew.
(c) That he is a Gypsy.
(d) That he is Uri's brother.

4. What does Misha tell Uri he is glad about?
(a) That he is a Jew.
(b) That he is a Jackboot.
(c) That he is not a Jew.
(d) That he is not a Jackboot.

5. What does Misha steal from Janina on her birthday?
(a) Her coat.
(b) Her presents.
(c) Her birthday cake.
(d) Her shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the train crash into?

2. What does Misha offer to trade a baker for bread?

3. What color hair does the boy who finds the narrator at the beginning of the novel have?

4. What does Uri tell Misha the name of his favorite horse was?

5. What does Uri tell Misha he will get him in the morning during his first night in the barbershop?

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