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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 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.

2. How does Rifka close her first letter to Tovah?
(a) Until we meet again.
(b) Shalom to you.
(c) Love.
(d) I miss you.

3. What is the only reason Rifka goes outside in Belgium?
(a) To go to the market.
(b) To go to her treatments.
(c) To go to temple.
(d) To go ice skating.

4. What is Rifka wearing as she arrives in America?
(a) A black velvet hat.
(b) New leather boots.
(c) A blue coat.
(d) A pink dress.

5. Rifka is the only one in the family who could pass for a Russian peasant _____________________.
(a) because of her ruddy complexion.
(b) because of her blonde hair.
(c) because of her clothing.
(d) because of her sturdy legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Rifka back home when she gets lost in Antwerp?

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

3. When does Rifka finally reach America?

4. Where does Saul find a place for him and Rifka to stay?

5. What language does the HIAS lady in Antwerp tutor Rifka in?

(see the answer key)

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