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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Uri take the narrator to sleep?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A barbershop.
(d) An alleyway.

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

3. What tombstone fascinates Misha in the cemetery?
(a) The one with Moses.
(b) The one with Jesus.
(c) The one with an angel.
(d) The one with a devil.

4. What kind of jewelry does the narrator wear?
(a) A black comb.
(b) A yellow stone necklace.
(c) A blue sock.
(d) A diamond ring.

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

6. What does Janina leave for Misha in return?
(a) Cake.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Little gifts and trinkets.
(d) Pickled eggs.

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

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

9. What does the Jewish armband look like?
(a) White with a blue star.
(b) White with a green heart.
(c) White with a yellow square.
(d) White with a red circle.

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

11. What does Mr. Milgrom say about Misha in relation to his family?
(a) That Misha reminds him of Janina.
(b) That Misha is family.
(c) That Misha should stay away.
(d) That Misha is not family.

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

13. Who comes and collects Misha when he rides the horses?
(a) A Jackboot.
(b) Uri.
(c) Doctor Korczak.
(d) Enos.

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

15. Who comes to get Misha after he rode the horses?
(a) Uri.
(b) A Jackboot.
(c) Janina.
(d) Jon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does one man in a black coat do with his beard?

3. What explodes in front of the train?

4. Who does Misha spot in the parade to the ghetto?

5. What does Misha notice about the wall around the ghetto?

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