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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 Misha sleep until the war is over?
(a) On train tracks.
(b) In a stable.
(c) In a barn.
(d) In a barber shop.

2. 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 Catholic.
(d) He says he is Jewish.

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

4. Why are there children singing in the courtyard?
(a) They are singing for food.
(b) They are singing for the Jackboots.
(c) They are singing for fun.
(d) They are singing for Hanukkah.

5. How does Misha lose Janina?
(a) She runs out of the ghetto.
(b) She moves into the crowd at the train station.
(c) She jumps over the wall.
(d) She runs onto a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Janina and Misha get food without smuggling for a few nights?

2. What middle name does Misha give his granddaughter?

3. What do the boys do with the dead boy's shoes?

4. Who else does Misha steal food for?

5. What does the woman who cares for Misha tell him to do when the war ends?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Buffo and what does he smell like?

2. Why does Misha ask Big Henryk to beat his feet with a stick?

3. Why is Uri dressed in fine clothes at the Jackboot hotel?

4. What does the man Misha finds standing over him one morning do?

5. Why does Misha adore his granddaughter so much?

6. What are Flops and what do they do?

7. Why could Janina and Misha no longer leave their loot on the table in their room?

8. How does Misha lose Janina?

9. Where is the cow that Janina finds in the ghetto?

10. What do the boys tell Misha about angels?

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