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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rifka know Tovah?
(a) They are sisters.
(b) They are classmates.
(c) They are neighbors.
(d) They are cousins.

2. Who had made the undergarments Rifka wears?
(a) Aunt Natalia.
(b) Aunt Rachel.
(c) Aunt Katya.
(d) Aunt Zasha.

3. What does Saul buy every morning for his and Rifka's breakfast?
(a) Apples and rolls.
(b) Rolls and coffee.
(c) Cheese and biscuits.
(d) Herring and rolls.

4. Rifka carried a book written by which Russian poet?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Akhmatova.
(c) Pushkin.
(d) Pasternak.

5. Why is Rifka's family stranded in Poland?
(a) Lack of money.
(b) Broken train track.
(c) Illness.
(d) Government orders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rifka's hometown?

2. What job does Saul get while waiting on his family to get well?

3. Why can Rifka not remember her older brothers in America?

4. Rifka writes in her letter that her family has escaped from which country?

5. Rifka writes her letter while on a train bound for which country?

(see the answer key)

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