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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of food does the narrator find in a garden?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Apples.
(d) Oranges.

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

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

5. Where are the horses located?
(a) By the bakery.
(b) In the middle of the city.
(c) By the orphanage.
(d) Outside the stable.

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

7. What name does Uri give the narrator?
(a) Ferdi.
(b) Misha.
(c) Olek.
(d) Mike.

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

11. What is the narrator carrying at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Butter.
(b) Bread.
(c) A comb.
(d) Money.

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

13. Who does Misha spot in the parade to the ghetto?
(a) Uri.
(b) A woman he stole from.
(c) The baker.
(d) Doctor Korczak.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Uri take the narrator to sleep?

2. What do the Jackboots' shoes look like?

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

4. What happens to one boy who jumps from his loft when the stable is invaded?

5. What kind of food does the narrator like?

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