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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the Milgroms' candle holder during Hanukkah?
(a) It breaks.
(b) Someone steals it.
(c) Misha hides it.
(d) They misplace it.

2. Which of the boys finds the bombing funny?
(a) Uri.
(b) Olek.
(c) Misha.
(d) Enos.

3. Who does Misha see in the street when he visits the ghetto after the war ends?
(a) Janina.
(b) Enos.
(c) Buffo.
(d) Uri.

4. What gift does both Misha and Janina receive for Hanukkah?
(a) A pair of shoes.
(b) A pair of socks.
(c) A pickle.
(d) A comb.

5. What does the man with the silver pipe invite children to do?
(a) Play with his kids.
(b) Come to his house for tea.
(c) Learn to read.
(d) Come with him to candy mountain.

6. Who does Janina say Misha should feed?
(a) Buffo.
(b) Everyone.
(c) Her family only.
(d) The boys.

7. Who are the Flops?
(a) Jews.
(b) Older men.
(c) Children.
(d) Jackboots.

8. Why was the body Janina looks at hanged?
(a) He was hanged for lying.
(b) He was hanged for no reason.
(c) He was hanged for smuggling.
(d) He was hanged for trying to escape.

9. Where does Misha celebrate his first Hanukkah?
(a) The stable.
(b) The orphanage.
(c) The Milgroms'.
(d) Outside the ghetto.

10. Where does Misha go when he has money after the war?
(a) Canada.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) America.

11. Where does Misha take Janina on the one night they do not smuggle?
(a) To the merry-go-round.
(b) To the bakery.
(c) To the orphanage.
(d) To the Jackboot hotel.

12. How does Misha lose Janina?
(a) She runs onto a train.
(b) She moves into the crowd at the train station.
(c) She jumps over the wall.
(d) She runs out of the ghetto.

13. Who follows Misha one night when he goes smuggling for food?
(a) Uri.
(b) Uncle Shepsel.
(c) Mr. Milgrom.
(d) Janina.

14. Where does Misha tell the man who finds him he is going?
(a) To America.
(b) To France.
(c) To the ovens.
(d) To the ghetto.

15. Who shoots Misha in the ear?
(a) Janina.
(b) Mr. Milgrom.
(c) Uri.
(d) Uncle Shepsel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What middle name does Misha give his granddaughter?

2. What happens to the ghetto after the war?

3. Who do Misha and Janina often taunt in the ghetto?

4. What do Misha and Janina begin doing after she is banned from smuggling?

5. What does Uri warn Misha about in the ghetto?

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