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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Misha call the flower that has a brown center and fluffy white perimeter?
(a) Milkweed.
(b) Milkin.
(c) Milkiss.
(d) Milkdud.

2. What advice does Misha give to Janina?
(a) To smile.
(b) Not to look guilty.
(c) Not to smile.
(d) To look guilty.

3. Who dies in the Milgrom house?
(a) Janina.
(b) Mrs. Milgrom.
(c) Mr. Milgrom.
(d) Uncle Shepsel.

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

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

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

7. What is Misha told that keeps him from going to the ovens?
(a) That everyone he knows is dead.
(b) That the ovens do not exist.
(c) There is a new law that children cannot roam on their own.
(d) There is a new law that all children must work on the farms.

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

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

10. How many new people come to live with the Milgroms?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 0.
(d) 12.

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

12. Why does Misha remove their armband when he and Janina are outside the ghetto?
(a) So they can move around easier.
(b) Because he does not like the colors.
(c) Because he does not like how it looks on his arm.
(d) So they will not be recognized as Jews.

13. Why is Misha so mesmerized by the flamethrower?
(a) Because the colors are beautiful.
(b) Because he likes fire.
(c) Because the colors remind him of his past.
(d) Because he has never seen fire before.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Misha take Janina on the one night they do not smuggle?

2. What does Misha show Janina in the cemetery?

3. Who does Misha see in the Jackboot hotel?

4. What happens to the Milgroms' candle holder during Hanukkah?

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

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