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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 has a nightmare that people are trying to steal _____________________.
(a) Mama's candlesticks.
(b) Papa's pipe.
(c) Her book.
(d) Her coins.

2. "Letters from Rifka" begins in September of what year?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1942.

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

4. A nurse throws a/an _____________ substance on Rifka and her mother.
(a) fumigation.
(b) exfoliating.
(c) sunscreen.
(d) paint-like.

5. How does Rifka feel when she realizes that the item in #29 has been stolen from her rucksack?
(a) Sad.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Humiliated.
(d) Relieved.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rifka may have to wear a peruke because __________________________.

2. Rifka says that the wounded ship moved so slowly to America that she could have _____________________.

3. What does Mama give to Rifka before Mama leaves for America?

4. What kind of fruit does Rifka buy from the vendor at the steamship dock?

5. Rifka is the only one in the family who could pass for a Russian peasant _____________________.

(see the answer key)

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