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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. Where does Uri take the narrator to sleep?

2. Who does Misha discover living in Janina's house?

3. What happens to the first jar of fish that Misha finds while in the ghetto?

4. What do the men in the black coats do on the street?

5. Where does Misha go after he rides the horses?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Misha find living at Janina's house one day?

2. What does Misha think he might be when the boys inspect him in the stable?

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

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

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

6. What did Misha find in the stable the first night that Uri took him?

7. What does the little girl invite Misha to, and what does Misha do at that event?

8. What happens when Misha runs headfirst into another boy after he stole cream puffs from a woman on the street?

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

10. What did the boys think of Misha when he first met them?

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

When Misha first sees the Jackboots, he is awestruck by their rigidity and harshness, and decides early on that he would like to be one some day. How does Misha's viewpoint of the Jackboots change throughout the novel, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the relationship between Misha and Doctor Korczak. What is important about this bond, and why? Use evidence from the text to support your claims.

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