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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. Why can Rifka not remember her older brothers in America?
(a) No one ever talks about them.
(b) They were killed in the war.
(c) They left Russia before she was born.
(d) She lost their pictures.

2. To whom is Rifka writing when the novel begins?
(a) Duscha.
(b) Tovah.
(c) Milena.
(d) Anja.

3. Rifka states that life in Russia is good for Tovah because ___________________.
(a) she went to a special school.
(b) she got disability payments.
(c) her family had money.
(d) she is not Jewish.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women in Poland wear on their heads?

2. What do the guards make Rifka's family do at the Polish border?

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

4. How does Rifka feel about her brother, Saul?

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

(see the answer key)

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