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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 Misha call the flower that has a brown center and fluffy white perimeter?
(a) Milkweed.
(b) Milkdud.
(c) Milkin.
(d) Milkiss.

2. How does Misha sleep every night until the war ends?
(a) He sleeps sitting up.
(b) He sleeps in a bed.
(c) He sleeps tied to a stable.
(d) He sleeps tied to a pig.

3. Why does Misha ask Big Henryk to beat his feet?
(a) So he does not have to walk anymore.
(b) Because Janina told him to.
(c) For fun.
(d) So he will stop growing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Misha remove their armband when he and Janina are outside the ghetto?

2. Where does Misha go when he has money after the war?

3. Who does Misha see in the Jackboot hotel?

4. What does Misha show Janina in the cemetery?

5. What happens to the Milgroms' candle holder during Hanukkah?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Flops and what do they do?

2. Where do Janina and Misha sneak off to one night?

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

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

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

6. Why does Misha adore his granddaughter so much?

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

8. Where does Misha take Janina on the night after the Jackboots threaten to kill smugglers?

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

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

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