1. What is your reaction to Ferdi’s lack of belief in things like mothers and horses? What’s Spinelli’s point by including this sort of disbelief on the part of children? 2. When faced with the chance to eat a rat, Janina’s father, Mr. Milgrom, says, yet” . What does he mean by “No…not How does this action indirectly characterize him? (Is he proud? Optimistic?) “yet”? 3. In chapter 20, how did the Nazi soldiers torture the people in the ghetto? Chapters 21 and 22 1. Which of the boys is found dead at the beginning of chapter 21? a. Jon b. Olek c. Henryk d. Uri e. Misha 2. Why would a person become a Flop? Chapters 23 and 24 1. List three character aspects about the Flop that hated Misha. 2. In chapter 24, why is Doctor Korczak so desperate for Misha to find the cow, if it even exists? 3. How and why has Uncle Shepsel changed his identity in chapter 24? Chapters 25 and 26 1. An author will often use symbolism to emphasize some deeper meaning in his/her story. What could the deterioration of Janina’s shoes symbolize? 2. Which of the following boys does NOT use the sewer to travel to the other side of the wall? a. Kuba b. Olek c. Enos d. Ferdi 3. What item do and the other child eat in the hotel’s cellar? ____________________________________ 5. What does Misha do with the food he stole from the hotel? Chapters 27 and 28
1. What is your reaction to Ferdi’s lack of belief in things like mothers and horses? What’s Spinelli’s point by including this sort of disbelief on the part of children? 2. When faced with the chance to eat a rat, Janina’s father, Mr. Milgrom, says, “No…not yet” . What does he mean by “yet”? How does this action indirectly characterize him? (Is he proud? Optimistic?) 3. In chapter 20, how did the Nazi soldiers torture the people in the ghetto? Chapters 21 and 22 1. Which of the boys is found dead at the beginning of chapter 21? a. Jon b. Olek c. Henryk d. Uri e. Misha 2. Why would a person become a Flop? Chapters 23 and 24 1. List three character aspects about the Flop that hated Misha. 2. In chapter 24, why is Doctor Korczak so desperate for Misha to find the cow, if it even exists? 3. How and why has Uncle Shepsel changed his identity in chapter 24? Chapters 25 and 26 1. An author will often use symbolism to emphasize some deeper meaning in his/her story. What could the deterioration of Janina’s shoes symbolize? 2. Which of the following boys does NOT use the sewer to travel to the other side of the wall? a. Kuba b. Olek c. Enos d. Ferdi 3. What item do and the other child eat in the hotel’s cellar? ____________________________________ 5. What does Misha do with the food he stole from the hotel? Chapters 27 and 28
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