Milkweed Review

Where does Milkweed take place?

• Berlin, Germany

• Dublin, Ireland

• Warsaw, Poland

• Auschwitz, Poland

How did Misha get out of the ghetto?

• He climbed up the wall.
• He slipped out through the front gate when the guard wasn't looking.
• He found a small hole in the wall and was able to fit through it.
• He needed to get food.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When Herr Himmler visits the ghetto, why does Misha lose respect for the Jackboots?

• The only man who looks at Misha  is a chicken-looking man.
• The Jackboots give him a big hug.
• Herr Himmler tells Misha to go home.
• Herr Himmler would not talk to him.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why were Janina and Misha so disturbed when they found Olek's body hanging from a streetlight?

• They don't want people to know  Olek was their friend.
• There was a sign saying, "I was a smuggler."
• Olek wasn't wearing any shoes.
• They needed information from Olek.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Milkweed" in chapter 30 of the novel represents

• hope, freedom and strength of surviving in harsh conditions.

• a flower able to grow in the ghetto.

• Misha's favorite flower.

• the cow that Misha is trying to locate.

In chapter 30, what did Janina and Misha find that gave them hope in the ghetto?

• food 
• milkweed
• a cow 
• clothes

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

How does Misha respond when Uncle Shepsel asks him why he does not escape?

• Misha stares at him with uncertainty

• explains how he can't fit through the two-brick hole anymore

• that he loves everyone too much to leave

• last time he tried to escape, he failed

Where does Misha find Uri in Heaven?

• in the Milgrom's old house

• adopted by a Nazi family

• stealing food and living in the old barbershop

• working at the hotel

What miracle happens on the last day of Hanukah?

• the candles stay lit

• Misha finds a boiled egg and gives it to Janina

• The ghetto is liberated, the Jews are freed

• There is no miracle

Did the boys ever "find the cow"? what happened?

• They never found the cow. The boys starved to death.

• Only Misha found the cow, when he was living on the farm.

• The boys found it, and it was lit on fire by a flamethrower

• Janina found it, as she was being tossed into the boxcar. Janina found it, as she was being tossed into the boxcar.