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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why were there people outside carrying shovels?
(a) They were digging trenches to stop the tanks.
(b) They were shoveling snow.
(c) They were planting a garden.
(d) They were not carrying shovels.

5. Who does Misha share his first bit of stolen food in the ghetto with?
(a) Uri.
(b) The boys.
(c) The orphans.
(d) Janina's family.

6. What kind of physical makeover does Uri give Misha?
(a) A manicure.
(b) A clothing makeover.
(c) A nose job.
(d) A haircut.

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

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

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

10. 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) That he does not like what they are doing.
(c) That he wants to be one of them someday.
(d) To go to tell.

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

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

13. What does Misha bring to Janina's family the second time he goes to the ghetto?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A carrot.
(d) A sack of food.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uri tell Misha he will get him in the morning during his first night in the barbershop?

2. What does Janina's uncle call their new home?

3. Why does Misha decide he does not want to ride the horses anymore?

4. What kind of jewelry does the narrator wear?

5. What does a woman on the train do to Uri?

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