Chapter Eleven
1.What are food rations, and why are they important?
2.How does Sasha get to school?
Chapter Twelve
1.What name does Vovka Sobakin call Sasha, and what information
does it reveal?
2.What happens between Borka Finkelstein and Sasha? What makes it
clear that Finkelstein is not a favorite among his classmates?
Chapter Thirteen
1.What does the teacher, Nina Petrovna, announce to the class,
and why is Sasha concerned?
2.Why are Sobakin and Finkelstein not joining the
Young Pioneers?
3.What decision does Sasha make at the end of this
chapter, and why does he make that decision?
Chapter Fourteen
1.Cite several lines from the chapter that reveal more information
about what may have happened to Sasha’s mother and Finkelstein’s
parents. What is Sasha’s reaction to Finkelstein’s revelation?
Chapter Fifteen
1.Describe briefly Sasha’s daydream about the May Day Parade.
What really happens that is a turning point in the story?