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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 do the Jackboots make the Jews do for hours on end?
2. Where does Misha go after he rides the horses?
3. What does Misha tell Uri he is glad about?
4. What does the train crash into?
5. What happens to the merry-go-round the day after Misha rides it?
Short Essay Questions
1. What foods do Uri and Misha love?
2. What does Misha start doing with Janina after her birthday party?
3. Who comes into the stable one morning, in Chapter 17, and force the boys out?
4. What does the narrator say his name is at the beginning of the novel, and why?
5. What fruit does Misha stumble upon one day, and who does he see watching him from the steps of the house?
6. What does Misha think he might be when the boys inspect him in the stable?
7. What happens to the merry-go-round the morning after Misha sneaks out to ride it?
8. What happens when Misha sneaks out to ride the horses?
9. What did the boys think of Misha when he first met them?
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
There is an urban legend that exists in the ghetto that states that there is a cow running about. What is the significance of this legend? Why is it so important to Misha? Use evidence from the text to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Misha becomes a regular smuggler once he discovers a two-brick hole in the wall the separates the ghetto from the rest of the city. How does Misha's smuggling directly affect the plot of the novel? Use specific passages from the text to support your ideas.
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