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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 Misha begin to steal food when the bakeries run out of bread?

2. What explodes in front of the train?

3. What do angels do according to the boys?

4. What does Uri tell Misha in relation to the horses?

5. Who watches the narrator eat his tomato?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Uri take Misha to sleep at night, and what was there?

3. What does Misha come across in the cemetery?

4. What are the men in black coats doing on the first day of the parade?

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

6. Who is not in the stable on the morning the Jackboots come to the sable, and where is he?

7. What does the narrator say his name is at the beginning of the novel, and why?

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

9. Who does Misha wake up to find in the stable one morning?

10. Where does Misha go as soon as he gets to the ghetto, the morning the Jackboots came to the stable, and what does he discover there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This story is told entirely from Misha's perspective. Analyze the author's choice to tell the story from Misha's point of view. How does viewing events from the point of view of a child affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the significance of secondary characters such as Mrs. Milgrom and Uncle Shepsel. They are not major characters in the novel, and yet their presence has an important impact on the narrative and its characters. Use evidence from the text to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you analyze the relationship between Misha and his granddaughter. What is significant about this relationship, and why does Misha cherish the girl the way he does at the end of the novel?

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