"Milkweed"

Question 1

What does Misha believe his name is initially when he meets Uri and the other boys?

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Question 2

Where is the setting of the novel?

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Question 3

When is the setting of the novel when it begins?

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Question 4

What does Uri give Misha that he has never had before?

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Question 5

Why did Uri believe that the Nazis would not believe he was a Jew?

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Question 6

Where does Misha first meet Janina?

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Question 7

What does Misha do to Janina’s birthday cake?

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Question 8

Why does Misha steal the birthday cake?

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Question 9

What does someone throw at the German tanks when they first roll into town?

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Question 10

What does Misha throw at the German tanks?

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Question 11

What is Misha’s response to Uncle Shepsel when he asks Misha why he does not escape the camp?

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Question 12

Misha finds Uri outside of the ghetto…

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Question 13

What is the “miracle” that occurs on the last day of Hanukkah?

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Question 14

What happens when the boys finally find the cow everyone in the ghetto talks about?

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Question 15

How does Mr. Milgrom react when Misha returns without running away with Janina?

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Question 16

Why does Uri come back and find Misha in the ghetto?

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Question 17

What do the Jews in the ghetto initially believe the trains are for?

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Question 18

What happens to Janina?

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Question 19

What happens to Misa?

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Question 20

How long does Misha stay on the farm?

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Question 21

What does Misha’s name get changed to in America?

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Question 22

How does Jack spend his days after getting fired from selling things on the pier?

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Question 23

What happens to Jack’s wife?

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Question 24

Who invites Jack to a new home?

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Question 25

What does Jack do to honor those he loved and lost during the Holocaust?

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Question 26

Describe the character Buffo

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Question 27

Describe the character Uncle Shepsel

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Question 28

Describe the character Big Henryk

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Question 29

Describe the character Mr. Milgrom

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Question 30

Describe the character Uri

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Question 31

Describe the character Dr. Korczak

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Question 32

Describe the character Olek

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Question 33

Describe the character Himmler

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Question 34

What methods did the Nazis use to distinguish/label those who were Jewish?

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Question 35

What does Uri teach Misha about walking in the streets?

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Question 36

What does Misha think about angels?

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Question 37

Why does Uncle Shepsel want to become Lutheran?

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Question 38

Why do all of Misha’s friends vanish?

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Question 39

What happens to Misha’s ear and by whom?

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Question 40

Why do the farmers tie up Misha in the barn?

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