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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. Which of the boys finds the bombing funny?
(a) Enos.
(b) Uri.
(c) Misha.
(d) Olek.

2. Which boy does Misha and his friends find dead in the street?
(a) Jon.
(b) Uri.
(c) Enos.
(d) Ferdi.

3. What is Misha told that keeps him from going to the ovens?
(a) There is a new law that children cannot roam on their own.
(b) That the ovens do not exist.
(c) That everyone he knows is dead.
(d) There is a new law that all children must work on the farms.

4. What happens to the cow in the ghetto?
(a) There is no cow.
(b) It gets ridden like a pony.
(c) It gets butchered in the ghetto.
(d) It gets chased by a man with a flamethrower.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Flops not allowed to carry?

2. What does Misha think he is made to do?

3. Where does Mr. Milgrom say happiness comes from?

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

5. How does Misha sleep every night until the war ends?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the farmer keep Misha in his barn tied to a stable at night?

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

3. What are Flops and what do they do?

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

5. What does Uncle Shepsel decide about his faith while in the ghetto?

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

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

8. How does Misha lose Janina?

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

10. What does the Jackboot in the courtyard do with his girlfriend?

(see the answer keys)

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