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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Misha go once in the ghetto?
(a) Janina's.
(b) An alleyway.
(c) A bakery.
(d) Doctor Korczak's.

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

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

5. What does Uri tell the narrator to do in relation to the Jackboots?
(a) To stay away from them.
(b) To look up to them.
(c) To stay close to them.
(d) To steal from them.

6. What does a woman on the train do to Uri?
(a) She gives him a kiss.
(b) She gives him some money.
(c) She pushes him off the train.
(d) She closes the window on his hands.

7. What does Janina give Misha that she ate halfway?
(a) A buttercream candy.
(b) A roasted rat.
(c) A pickled egg.
(d) An orange.

8. What does Misha notice about the wall around the ghetto?
(a) It is really tall.
(b) No one guards it.
(c) It is not that tall.
(d) There is a hole in it.

9. Where does Uri tell Misha he is originally from?
(a) Austria.
(b) Poland.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

10. Where are the Jews walking in the parade headed?
(a) To the ghetto.
(b) To the horses.
(c) To the church.
(d) To the shops.

11. What does one man in a black coat do with his beard?
(a) He scrubs the sidewalk with it.
(b) He chops it off.
(c) He tries to eat it.
(d) He shampoos it on the street.

12. Where does Misha begin sleeping after he faints in front of the Jackboots?
(a) The Milgroms.
(b) With the boys.
(c) The orphanage.
(d) Outside the ghetto.

13. What does Uri give to the narrator?
(a) A comb.
(b) A new pair of shoes.
(c) A backstory.
(d) A father.

14. What does Misha realize about himself after the Jackboots point it out?
(a) That he smells bad.
(b) That he is ugly.
(c) That he is unintelligent.
(d) That he is short.

15. Where does Misha go after he rides the horses?
(a) To the stable.
(b) To the orphanage.
(c) To the bakery.
(d) To Janina's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the narrator runs into another boy stealing food on the street?

2. Where do the boys go after the stable is invaded?

3. Who does Misha discover living in Janina's house?

4. What kind of food does the narrator like?

5. Who does Misha share his first bit of stolen food in the ghetto with?

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