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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something Rifka does at the hospital?
(a) Sing to the patients.
(b) Watch over her mama.
(c) Eat potatoes.
(d) Learns to speak Polish.

2. The Russian guards were searching for Nathan because ____________________.
(a) he stole from a bread vendor.
(b) he broke out of prison.
(c) he escaped from the army.
(d) he damaged property in a bar fight.

3. What job does Saul get while waiting on his family to get well?
(a) He builds houses with a construction company.
(b) He mops floors at the train station.
(c) He sorts apples in an orchard.
(d) He washes dishes in a restaurant.

4. Where does Rifka's family stay while stranded in Poland?
(a) An inn.
(b) Papa's cousin's house.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A church.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of Rifka's older brothers living in America?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Reuben.
(c) Pieter.
(d) Asher.

6. What reason does Rifka give the Russian soldiers for why she is on the train?
(a) She is returning home from a holiday.
(b) She is going to a relative's funeral.
(c) She is going to work for a wealthy family.
(d) She is going away to school.

7. 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.

8. Rifka carried a book written by which Russian poet?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Pushkin.
(c) Pasternak.
(d) Akhmatova.

9. Why is Rifka's family stranded in Poland?
(a) Government orders.
(b) Broken train track.
(c) Lack of money.
(d) Illness.

10. Entering _____________ is Rifka's first time in another country.
(a) Germany.
(b) China.
(c) Poland.
(d) Mongolia.

11. Which of the following does NOT describe what Rifka sees in Poland, which is just like her hometown in Russia?
(a) Crooked cottages.
(b) Flower boxes on windowsills.
(c) Bony fences.
(d) Patchy roads.

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

13. What had Hannah given to Rifka before the family escaped?
(a) A hat.
(b) A shawl.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A coin purse.

14. What do the women in Poland wear on their heads?
(a) Pillbox hats.
(b) Shawls.
(c) Berets.
(d) Kerchiefs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Rifka not remember her older brothers in America?

2. Who is Rifka's grandmother?

3. How does Rifka close her first letter to Tovah?

4. What is Rifka's last name?

5. A nurse throws a/an _____________ substance on Rifka and her mother.

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