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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Janina.
(c) To stay away from the boys.
(d) To never look a Jackboot in the eye.

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

3. What does the woman who cares for Misha tell him to do when the war ends?
(a) Hide in the alleyways.
(b) Run.
(c) Stay.
(d) Go to the ovens.

4. What does Uncle Shepsel say about his faith?
(a) He says he is Lutheran.
(b) He says he is an Atheist.
(c) He says he is Jewish.
(d) He says he is Catholic.

5. Which boy does Misha and his friends find dead in the street?
(a) Uri.
(b) Jon.
(c) Ferdi.
(d) Enos.

6. What do Misha and Janina begin doing after she is banned from smuggling?
(a) Smuggling separately.
(b) They steal from the Jackboots.
(c) They steal from people in the ghetto.
(d) They take turns smuggling.

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

8. What is Misha's favorite place to loot?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A hotel for Jackboots.
(c) A spa.
(d) A school for Jackboots.

9. What does Misha think he is made to do?
(a) To help feed people.
(b) To be a leader.
(c) To write.
(d) To be a Jackboot.

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

11. What do the Jackboots threaten to do if they catch people smuggling?
(a) Feed people.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Shoot people.
(d) Put people out of their houses and on the street.

12. What do Flops do?
(a) Give food to the Jews.
(b) Take care of Jewish children.
(c) Take pictures of the Jews.
(d) Guard the Jews in the ghetto.

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

14. Who picks up the dead body from the street?
(a) Uri.
(b) Doctor Korczak.
(c) The men who walk around with the wagon.
(d) Misha.

15. Who bombs the city?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The Americans.
(d) The Russians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Buffo?

2. How many children come to live with the Milgroms?

3. What do the Jackboots do to stop the smugglers?

4. What are Flops not allowed to carry?

5. Why is Misha so mesmerized by the flamethrower?

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