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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) Austria.
(b) Poland.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

2. What does Janina give Misha that she ate halfway?
(a) A pickled egg.
(b) An orange.
(c) A roasted rat.
(d) A buttercream candy.

3. What does the narrator tell Jackboots about himself?
(a) That he is a Jew.
(b) That he is American.
(c) That he is a Gypsy.
(d) That he is Uri's brother.

4. What do the boys in the stable think the narrator is?
(a) A gypsy.
(b) A Jew.
(c) A Jackboot.
(d) An orphan.

5. What does Misha bring to Janina's family the second time he goes to the ghetto?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A sack of food.
(c) A carrot.
(d) A blanket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janina leave for Misha in return?

2. Who does the crowd standing around the horses accuse of ruining it?

3. What does Uri tell the narrator to do in relation to the Jackboots?

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

5. What do the Jackboots' shoes look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the merry-go-round the morning after Misha sneaks out to ride it?

2. Where does Misha take the roasted rats he steals?

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

4. What does Misha discover in the brick wall that separates the ghetto from the rest of the city?

5. What does Misha bring with him the next time he comes to the ghetto, in Chapter 16?

6. Who is not in the stable on the morning the Jackboots come to the sable, and where is he?

7. What happens to Misha's ear one night when he sneaks out to Janina's house?

8. What did the boys think of Misha when he first met them?

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

10. What does Misha come across in the cemetery?

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