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  1. How do the protagonist and the red haired boy, Uri, first meet? They were trying to steal the same loaf of bread (wrong answers: They were using the same hiding spot, They were sneaking out of the ghetto in the same spot, They met at school)
  2. At the beginning of this story, what does the protagonist think his name is? Stopthief (wrong answers: Uri, Misha, Jew)
  3. What makes the other boys think that the protagonist is a Gypsy instead of a Jew? His black eye, his skin, and the yellow stone around his neck (wrong answers: He tells the other boys that he is a Gypsy, He has a Gypsy name, The other boys do not think he's a Gypsy, they think he is a Jew)
  4. Which of these is not one of the ways Uri takes care of the protagonist He gives him a new pair of boots and wool socks (wrong answers: He gets him his own mattress and clean new clothes, He gives him his first bath and haircut, He gives him a name and a backstory)
  5. What was Kuba stealing? A lamp shaped like a statue of a woman (wrong answers: A loaf of bread, A mannequin, a pair of Jackboots)
  6. Why do the boys have so much food? This is a trick question, the boys are starving (wrong answers: because the soldiers are giving it to them, because Uris family is wealthy, because they steal it)
  7. Which of these does not happen when the soldiers come to town? The protagonist is impressed by the size and power of the tanks (wrong answers: The protagonist calls the soldiers Jackboots bc of their shiny boots, THe protagonist hates the Jackboots and wants them to leave, The protagonist sees old Jewish men being abused on the streets)

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