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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October 2 - October 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rifka worry about while on board the ship?
(a) Being lonesome.
(b) Getting seasick.
(c) Having her money stolen.
(d) Storms.

2. What concerns Rifka as all the people are gathering around her to hug her?
(a) Her kerchief slips.
(b) She steps on someone's foot.
(c) She might still have ringworm.
(d) She smells of onions.

3. What is Rifka's prognosis according to the medical student?
(a) She will have bad scars.
(b) She will be better in a few days.
(c) She will die.
(d) She will be crippled for life.

4. Rifka recalls a time when Russian soldiers beat Papa because he would not give up his ____________.
(a) boots.
(b) pipe.
(c) heater.
(d) candlesticks.

5. What is steerage class on a steamship?
(a) First class passengers.
(b) People crowded in the belly of a ship.
(c) People working on board for their passage.
(d) The maintenance crew.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rifka feel when she realizes that the item in #29 has been stolen from her rucksack?

2. What advantage does Rifka like about being on her own in Antwerp?

3. What disease does Rifka have that prevents her from getting a ticket to America?

4. What reason does Rifka give the Russian soldiers for why she is on the train?

5. What parting gift does Rifka buy for Sister Katrina?

(see the answer key)

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