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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only one in Rifka's family who can speak Russian without a Yiddish accent?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Papa.
(c) Mama.
(d) Rifka.

2. Who is Rifka's grandmother?
(a) Bubbe Natalia.
(b) Bubbe Mila.
(c) Bubbe Ruth.
(d) Bubbe Yulia.

3. Rifka writes her letter while on a train bound for which country?
(a) Germany.
(b) Austria.
(c) Poland.
(d) Switzerland.

4. Where does Rifka's family head once everyone is well and out of the hospital?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Krakow.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Zurich.

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

6. Who are Rifka's brothers?
(a) Nathan and Aleksandr.
(b) Nathan and Saul.
(c) Saul and Pieter.
(d) Aleksandr and Pieter.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Who is the only member of Rifka's family who does not get sick?
(a) Saul.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Mama.
(d) Papa.

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

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

15. Who eats the food that Rifka had saved for Saul?
(a) Saul.
(b) Rifka.
(c) The innkeeper.
(d) The innkeeper's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Saul buy every morning for his and Rifka's breakfast?

2. What does Rifka note is missing when her rucksack is returned to her?

3. What do the guards make Rifka's family do at the Polish border?

4. Where does Rifka's family stay while stranded in Poland?

5. Rifka says the guard speak ill of her family because ___________________.

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