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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October 2 - October 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rifka know within herself?
(a) She will fall in love in America.
(b) She wants to be a pianist.
(c) She cannot go back to Berdichev.
(d) She will live to a very old age.

2. When does Rifka finally sail for America?
(a) September 1925.
(b) September 1920.
(c) September 1918.
(d) September 1922.

3. What surprises Saul about Rifka's actions?
(a) She has a nervous tic.
(b) She can speak French.
(c) She is not bothered by her bald head.
(d) She knows how to peel a banana.

4. What does Mama give to Rifka before Mama leaves for America?
(a) Some money.
(b) A locket.
(c) A lock of her hair.
(d) A photograph.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rifka's prognosis according to the medical student?

2. What concerns Rifka as all the people are gathering around her to hug her?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe what Rifka sees in Poland, which is just like her hometown in Russia?

4. Why does Ilya's uncle want him in America?

5. The Russian guards were searching for Nathan because ____________________.

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