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

2. Where are Rifka's family members taken when they get ill?
(a) A church.
(b) A medical tent.
(c) A clinic.
(d) A hospital.

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

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

5. What does Rifka think America is?
(a) A journey's end.
(b) A place to start anew.
(c) A place of disappointments.
(d) A land of milk and honey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rifka's hometown?

2. What does Rifka worry about while on board the ship?

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

4. How does the milkman say goodbye to Rifka at her house?

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

(see the answer key)

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