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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 middle name does Misha give his granddaughter?

2. Who bombs the city?

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

4. What happens to the cow in the ghetto?

5. What does Uncle Shepsel say about his faith?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Misha wake up to Janina's screaming when they take a nap in the street?

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

3. Where is the cow that Janina finds in the ghetto?

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

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

6. What do the boys do with Jon's shoes when they discover his dead body?

7. What happened to Olek in the ghetto?

8. How does Mr. Milgrom respond when he finds out Janina has been smuggling?

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

10. How does Misha lose Janina?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Surviving trauma and tragedy is at the heart of the novel. Analyze how the narrator deals with the traumas and tragedies that he experiences, both during and after the war.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze whether Misha is a reliable narrator or not. Include evidence from the text to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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