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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the train is supposed to come to a loop?

2. What does Janina leave for Misha in return?

3. Who invades the stables one morning while the boys are sleeping in it?

4. Where does Misha begin sleeping after he faints in front of the Jackboots?

5. Who comes and collects Misha when he rides the horses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Misha sneaks out to ride the horses?

2. Who comes into the stable one morning, in Chapter 17, and force the boys out?

3. Where does Misha take the roasted rats he steals?

4. What does Misha come across in the cemetery?

5. What foods do Uri and Misha love?

6. What is Janina's family's new home in the ghetto like?

7. Who does Misha see in the parade that leads the Jews to the ghetto?

8. How do Uri and Misha get food for themselves?

9. What happens to the merry-go-round the morning after Misha sneaks out to ride it?

10. What carnival ride does Misha discover near the orphanage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Misha's role within the Milgrom family. What is he to them, and what does Misha do for them?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the relationship between Janina and Misha. What is significant about this relationship, and why?

Essay Topic 3

The ghetto comes across as a character of its own in the novel. Write an essay in which you analyze the significance and nature of the Warsaw ghetto. Select three defining characteristic of the ghetto as described by Misha and explain why they are important to the overall narrative.

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