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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through February 25 - October 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Pieter encouraged Rifka to do?
(a) Keep smiling.
(b) Love with all your heart.
(c) Look on the bright side.
(d) Be brave.

2. What organization provides aid to Rifka's family in Warsaw?
(a) The Polish Embassy.
(b) Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) Doctors Without Borders.

3. Which of the following does NOT describe what Rifka sees in Poland, which is just like her hometown in Russia?
(a) Crooked cottages.
(b) Patchy roads.
(c) Flower boxes on windowsills.
(d) Bony fences.

4. What disease does Rifka have that prevents her from getting a ticket to America?
(a) Ringworm.
(b) Measles.
(c) Chicken Pox.
(d) Shingles.

5. When will Rifka truly be an American?
(a) When she gets a job.
(b) When she is registered in school.
(c) When she takes a citizenship class.
(d) When she leaves Ellis Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Uncle Avrum let Hannah take piano lessons?

2. Why does Sister Katrina urge Rifka to get out of her room sometimes?

3. Where does the medical student say that Rifka contracted her disease?

4. Which of the following is NOT a food Rifka discovers in Antwerp?

5. What is Rifka's hometown?

(see the answer key)

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