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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. How does Pieter die?
(a) He is hit by a falling mast.
(b) He drowns during a storm.
(c) He gets food poisoning.
(d) He has typhus.

2. Where does the medical student say that Rifka contracted her disease?
(a) A Polish train station.
(b) On the train.
(c) Somewhere in Russia.
(d) Water from a pond.

3. What is Rifka's hometown?
(a) Spassk.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Berchidev.
(d) Abinsk.

4. What do the guards make Rifka's family do at the Polish border?
(a) Put on blindfolds.
(b) Stand up against the train.
(c) Remove their clothes.
(d) Lie on the ground.

5. What is the name of the town where Rifka's family is stranded in Poland?
(a) Motziv.
(b) Lodz.
(c) Wroclaw.
(d) Lublin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only reason Rifka goes outside in Belgium?

2. What is a word that the lady from HIAS has taught Rifka?

3. What excites Rifka about what her parents have in New York City?

4. Who is Rifka's grandmother?

5. Rifka recalls that her cousins gave her _______________ for her ninth birthday.

(see the answer key)

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