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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. What is the ultimate destination of Rifka and her family?
(a) England.
(b) Canada.
(c) America.
(d) France.

2. The Russian guards were searching for Nathan because ____________________.
(a) he stole from a bread vendor.
(b) he broke out of prison.
(c) he escaped from the army.
(d) he damaged property in a bar fight.

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

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

5. Rifka writes in her letter that her family has escaped from which country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Romania.
(c) Poland.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rifka's uncle who helped her family escape?

2. Rifka says the guard speak ill of her family because ___________________.

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

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

5. In what city will Rifka live to get treatment for her disease?

(see the answer key)

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