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

2. What does Misha offer to trade a baker for bread?
(a) His pants.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His necklace.
(d) Uri.

3. What does Uri tell Misha he will get him in the morning during his first night in the barbershop?
(a) A cat.
(b) A coat.
(c) A mattress.
(d) A snack.

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

5. What happens when the train is supposed to come to a loop?
(a) The train car comes to a halt.
(b) Someone jumps in front of the tracks.
(c) The train car leaps off the tracks.
(d) Uri jumps off the train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a woman on the train do to Uri?

2. Where do Misha and the boys sleep in the ghetto?

3. What sounds does Misha think he hears in the middle of the night?

4. What happens when the narrator runs into another boy stealing food on the street?

5. What do angels do according to the boys?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Uri and Misha get food for themselves?

2. Where did Uri take Misha to sleep at night, and what was there?

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

4. What foods do Uri and Misha love?

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

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

7. What does Misha think he might be when the boys inspect him in the stable?

8. What are the men in black coats doing on the first day of the parade?

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

10. What happens when Misha runs headfirst into another boy after he stole cream puffs from a woman on the street?

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