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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 excuse does Uncle Avrum use to get the guards to come away from the train?
(a) His wife has had a heart attack.
(b) His factory is on fire.
(c) His son has fallen into a well.
(d) His factory has been robbed.

2. Mama had had to take the gift in #67 and trade it for __________________.
(a) potatoes.
(b) meat.
(c) cabbages.
(d) medicine.

3. What excites Rifka about what her parents have in New York City?
(a) New jobs.
(b) Indoor plumbing.
(c) A view of a park.
(d) A refrigerator.

4. What is the line between being in America, and not being in America?
(a) Nova Scotia.
(b) New York Harbor.
(c) A steamship.
(d) Ellis Island.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Rifka buy her ticket to America?

2. Who is the girl who Rifka plays with in the park across the street from the house?

3. What had Hannah given to Rifka before the family escaped?

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

5. How does Rifka know Tovah?

(see the answer key)

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