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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Dog, Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ernie reflexively defend himself against the bullying of the Pimpfe?
(a) He stabs them.
(b) He kicks them.
(c) He bites them.
(d) He tricks them.

2. What does Ilse Bruckner promise Hans Schliemann when they leave Ernie?
(a) To meet him by the school.
(b) To tell his mother.
(c) To make him pay.
(d) To be his steady girlfriend.

3. Who delivers Ernie to his family?
(a) The grocer's wife.
(b) A peasant.
(c) A Nazi officer.
(d) The constable.

4. Why is Chaim's son, the Just Man, called Brother Beast?
(a) He is illiterate, and he loves no one.
(b) He is illiterate and cannot speak.
(c) He is illiterate and loves plants and animals more than people.
(d) He is illiterate, and he's cruel to people.

5. What does Mordecai want to rejuvenate his life after he can't work?
(a) Grandchildren.
(b) A chance to converse with other elders.
(c) The ancient scrolls.
(d) Peace and quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ernie decide that he is after the bullying by the Plimpfe?

2. What happened to Ernie's face as he gained weight?

3. How does little Ernie save Frau Tuszynski from being tormented by the Nazis?

4. How does the family avoid attack on the way to the synagogue?

5. Why does Mordecai Levy advise the village girl he meets to be kind to him?

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