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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many children come to live with the Milgroms?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 0.

3. Why does Misha ask Big Henryk to beat his feet?
(a) So he will stop growing.
(b) So he does not have to walk anymore.
(c) Because Janina told him to.
(d) For fun.

4. Where do Janina and Misha begin putting their loot?
(a) Under the table.
(b) In the shoes of Mr. Milgrom and Uncle Shepsel.
(c) On the table.
(d) In the coat pockets of Mr. Milgrom and Uncle Shepsel.

5. Whose body does Janina stare at when it hangs in front of her?
(a) Uncle Shepsel.
(b) Olek.
(c) Uri.
(d) Enos.

6. What does Uri warn Misha about in the ghetto?
(a) That the ghetto is going to burn down.
(b) That the Jackboots are deporting the Jews.
(c) That the Jackboots are going to kill everyone.
(d) That the Jews will never leave the ghetto.

7. How do Janina and Misha get food without smuggling for a few nights?
(a) Uri gets it to them through the hole.
(b) Someone tosses food over the wall.
(c) The man with the silver pipe share his.
(d) The boys share their food with them.

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

9. What does Misha and Janina find when they go home for the last time?
(a) There are more people in the house.
(b) Uncle Shepsel is gone.
(c) Mr. Milgrom is gone.
(d) No one is home.

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

11. What book does Uncle Shepsel read religiously?
(a) A Shakespeare play.
(b) A book of poetry.
(c) The Bible.
(d) A book on Lutherans.

12. What is he name of the woman who takes care of Misha?
(a) Elzbieta.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Elena.

13. What warning does Uri give Misha outside the ghetto?
(a) To never go to the hotel and never call him Uri.
(b) To stay away from the boys.
(c) To stay away from Janina.
(d) To never look a Jackboot in the eye.

14. Who else receives food from Misha other than the Milgroms?
(a) The orphanage.
(b) Buffo.
(c) The Jackboots.
(d) The boys.

15. What does Janina put under Misha's bed to mess with him?
(a) A dead bird.
(b) A rat bone.
(c) A buttercream candy.
(d) A Bible.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Misha's favorite place to loot?

3. How does Misha sleep every night until the war ends?

4. Where does Misha sleep until the war is over?

5. Why does Misha remove their armband when he and Janina are outside the ghetto?

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