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

2. Why does Misha stop badgering Buffo?
(a) Because he is bored of it.
(b) So Janina will stop.
(c) So Janina will do it for him.
(d) Because he feels bad for him.

3. What does Uncle Shepsel say about his faith?
(a) He says he is Jewish.
(b) He says he is an Atheist.
(c) He says he is Lutheran.
(d) He says he is Catholic.

4. What does the man with the silver pipe invite children to do?
(a) Learn to read.
(b) Come with him to candy mountain.
(c) Come to his house for tea.
(d) Play with his kids.

5. What does Misha call the world outside the ghetto?
(a) The Outside.
(b) The City.
(c) Hell.
(d) Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fairytale does Misha hear about after the war?

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

3. Who picks up the dead body from the street?

4. Who of the boys really believes there is a cow in the ghetto?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the legend of the cow?

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

8. What do the boys tell Misha about angels?

9. What happened to Olek in the ghetto?

10. What are Flops and what do they do?

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