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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 Gypsy.
(b) That he is American.
(c) That he is Uri's brother.
(d) That he is a Jew.

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

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

4. Where do the boys go after the stable is invaded?
(a) Germany.
(b) The merry-go-round.
(c) The orphanage.
(d) The ghetto.

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

6. Where does Misha begin sleeping after he faints in front of the Jackboots?
(a) The Milgroms.
(b) Outside the ghetto.
(c) With the boys.
(d) The orphanage.

7. What does Uri tell Misha he believes in?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Bread.
(c) God.
(d) Ghosts.

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

9. Where do Misha and the boys sleep in the ghetto?
(a) In the orphanage.
(b) In their house.
(c) With Janina's family.
(d) In the rubble.

10. What kind of food does the narrator like?
(a) Sour candies.
(b) Pickled eggs.
(c) Pickled herring.
(d) Chocolate candy with hazelnut filling.

11. What color hair does the boy who finds the narrator at the beginning of the novel have?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

12. What does Uri do with the excess bread when Misha steals five loaves?
(a) He throws them in the trash.
(b) He feeds them to the birds.
(c) He gives them to the orphanage.
(d) He eat them all.

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

14. Where does Misha begin to steal food when the bakeries run out of bread?
(a) Children on the street.
(b) Jews.
(c) People's homes.
(d) Jackboots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Misha realize about himself after the Jackboots point it out?

2. Who invades the stables one morning while the boys are sleeping in it?

3. What kind of physical makeover does Uri give Misha?

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

5. Where are the Jews walking in the parade headed?

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