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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 fairytale does Misha hear about after the war?

2. Which boy does Misha and his friends find dead in the street?

3. What object of Misha's does Janina throw over the wall?

4. What does Uncle Shepsel say about his faith?

5. What does Misha do on street corners in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Olek in the ghetto?

2. Where do Janina and Misha sneak off to one night?

3. Where does Misha take Janina on the night after the Jackboots threaten to kill smugglers?

4. Who does Misha begins seeing on the other side after Mr. Milgrom bans Janina from smuggling?

5. What does Uri come to the ghetto to warn Misha about?

6. How does Himmler arrive at the ghetto, and who does he see?

7. Why does Misha adore his granddaughter so much?

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

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

10. What do the boys tell Misha about angels?

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

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

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.

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