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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the boy in the street have a newspaper on his face?
(a) The boy had been abandoned.
(b) The boy was dead.
(c) The boy was sleeping.
(d) The boy was cold.

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

4. What is the boy running by the train carrying?
(a) A gun.
(b) A lamp in the shape of a woman.
(c) A sack of food.
(d) A tea set.

5. What happens when Misha tries to ride the horses for the first time?
(a) He is welcomed by the children.
(b) He gets kicked off.
(c) He rides all night long.
(d) He never rides the horses.

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

7. Where does Uri often deliver coal?
(a) To the bakery.
(b) To the orphanage.
(c) To the shops.
(d) To the Jackboots.

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

9. What does the train crash into?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A school.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A hospital.

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

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

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

13. What happens to the merry-go-round the day after Misha rides it?
(a) Someone vandalizes it.
(b) Someone steals a horse.
(c) Someone dies on it.
(d) Someone tears it down.

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

15. What kind of food does Misha steal from one family's dinner table?
(a) A ham.
(b) A turkey.
(c) A cake.
(d) A salad.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why were there people outside carrying shovels?

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

4. What kind of jewelry does the narrator wear?

5. Who is not with the boys when the stable is invaded?

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