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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What tombstone fascinates Misha in the cemetery?
(a) The one with Moses.
(b) The one with a devil.
(c) The one with Jesus.
(d) The one with an angel.

3. What does the little girl invite Misha to when he sees her again?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Her dad's funeral.
(c) Hanukkah.
(d) Her birthday party.

4. What kind of food does Misha steal from one family's dinner table?
(a) A cake.
(b) A turkey.
(c) A ham.
(d) A salad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Misha steal from Janina on her birthday?

2. What do the Jackboots make the Jews do for hours on end?

3. Why were there people outside carrying shovels?

4. What does the narrator say his name is?

5. What kind of food does the narrator find in a garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Misha start doing with Janina after her birthday party?

2. Who does Misha find living at Janina's house one day?

3. What did Misha find in the stable the first night that Uri took him?

4. Where does Misha go as soon as he gets to the ghetto, the morning the Jackboots came to the stable, and what does he discover there?

5. What is Janina's family's new home in the ghetto like?

6. What does the narrator say his name is at the beginning of the novel, and why?

7. What is the significance of the yellow stone necklace that hangs on Misha's neck?

8. Who does Misha wake up to find in the stable one morning?

9. What does Misha come across in the cemetery?

10. What foods do Uri and Misha love?

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