Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which phrase best represents how Felix feels about the prospect of leaving the orphanage?

A) Concerned he will lose his Catholic faith

B) Aware he will most likely miss the nuns

C) Fearful of the outside world

D) Anxious about finding out his parents are dead

2. Which word best describes access to food in the orphanage?

A) Abundant

B) Plentiful

C) Monotonous

D) Scarce

3. Why does Felix think the group of men is burning books outside the orphanage?

A) To censor information

B) To reorganize the library

C) To introduce pro-Nazi books

D) To make life in the orphanage more difficult

4. Which piece of information does Jankiel choose not to tell Felix?

A) That the Nazis are burning books

B) That his parents are not coming back for him

C) That the Nazis are persecuting Jews

D) That he will miss Felix

5. What does Felix’s interaction with the pig shortly after leaving the orphanage reveal about his nature?

A) He is compassionate.

B) He is insincere.

C) He is irrational.

D) He is cruel.

6. What does Felix do to support his friends through difficult times?

A) He knits them scarves.

B) He sings traditional Jewish songs.

C) He tells them imaginative stories.

D) He makes funny jokes.