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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) So they will not be recognized as Jews.
(b) Because he does not like how it looks on his arm.
(c) Because he does not like the colors.
(d) So they can move around easier.

2. Who bombs the city?
(a) The Americans.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The Russians.
(d) The Germans.

3. Who do Misha and Janina often taunt in the ghetto?
(a) Big Henryk.
(b) Olek.
(c) Buffo.
(d) Uncle Shepsel.

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

5. What does Misha give Janina to cheer her up?
(a) An egg and a pickle.
(b) A cake.
(c) A doll.
(d) A buttercream candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose body does Janina stare at when it hangs in front of her?

2. Why are there children singing in the courtyard?

3. What was wrong with the wall when Janina and Misha returned for the last time?

4. What do Flops do?

5. What is Misha's favorite place to loot?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the boys tell Misha about angels?

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. What is the ghetto like when Misha returns to it after the war?

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

7. How do Misha and Janina get food for a few nights that does not entail smuggling it?

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

9. Why do the boys beat Kuba on the behind?

10. How do the Jackboots react when they discover Jews have been smuggling food?

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