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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who did Misha catch taking Janina's bread one night?
(a) Janina's father.
(b) A little girl.
(c) A little boy.
(d) Janina's mother.

4. What do the boys in the stable think the narrator is?
(a) An orphan.
(b) A Jackboot.
(c) A Jew.
(d) A gypsy.

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

6. What does the narrator tell the Jackboots who are standing by the bearded men?
(a) To bring them to the barbershop where they live.
(b) To go to tell.
(c) That he wants to be one of them someday.
(d) That he does not like what they are doing.

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

8. Who is not with the boys when the stable is invaded?
(a) Olek.
(b) Uri.
(c) Misha.
(d) Henryk.

9. What happens to Misha's ear one night when he is at Janina's house?
(a) A Jackboot tugs on his ear.
(b) Janina shoots him in the ear.
(c) Janina's father tugs him by the ear.
(d) A Jackboot shoots him in the ear.

10. What does Janina's uncle call their new home?
(a) A mansion.
(b) A shed.
(c) A closet.
(d) A pig sty.

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

12. Who invades the stables one morning while the boys are sleeping in it?
(a) Jackboots.
(b) Jews.
(c) Orphans.
(d) Children.

13. What does the person living in Janina's house pour on Misha's head?
(a) Juice.
(b) Water.
(c) Tea.
(d) Beer.

14. Who does Misha share his roasted rats with?
(a) Doctor Korczak.
(b) Janina's family.
(c) The orphans.
(d) Uri.

15. What explodes in front of the train?
(a) A church.
(b) A bakery.
(c) A car.
(d) A shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator carrying at the beginning of the novel?

2. What sounds does Misha think he hears in the middle of the night?

3. Where does Uri take the narrator to sleep?

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

5. Who comes and collects Misha when he rides the horses?

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