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

2. 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.

3. On what days do the soldiers stroll the ghetto with their girlfriends?
(a) Fridays.
(b) Saturdays.
(c) Mondays.
(d) Sundays.

4. Who picks up the dead body from the street?
(a) Misha.
(b) The men who walk around with the wagon.
(c) Doctor Korczak.
(d) Uri.

5. Who does Misha see in the street when he visits the ghetto after the war ends?
(a) Enos.
(b) Uri.
(c) Buffo.
(d) Janina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Misha give Janina so she can be held upside down and beaten on her behind?

2. What do the Jackboots threaten to do if they catch people smuggling?

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

4. What does Misha do on street corners in America?

5. Who usually wears rags on his feet instead of shoes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Himmler arrive at the ghetto, and who does he see?

3. What does the man with the silver pipe do in the ghetto?

4. Who does Misha begins seeing on the other side after Mr. Milgrom bans Janina from smuggling?

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

6. How does Misha lose Janina?

7. How does Janina react when Misha drops off food at the orphanage?

8. What is the legend of the cow?

9. What do the boys tell Misha about angels?

10. What happened to Olek in the ghetto?

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